Synonyms for shrilly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : shril

Phonetic Transcription : ʃrɪl

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Définition of shrilly

Origin : late 14c., schrylle "high-pitched, piercing" (of the voice), probably related to Old English scralletan "to sound loudly" and of imitative origin (cf. Low German schrell, German schrill "piercing, shrill"). Related: Shrillness; shrilly (adv.).

adj high

Example sentences :

This said, Abellino placed a whistle at his lips, and blew it shrilly.
Extract from : « The Bravo of Venice » by Heinrich Zschokke

Shrilly the whistle sounded at the lips of the petty officer.
Extract from : « Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers » by H. Irving Hancock

It blew the snow from the cracks and whistled through them shrilly.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Prairie Girl » by Eleanor Gates

But to-day he whistled falsely and shrilly between his teeth.
Extract from : « Urban Sketches » by Bret Harte

"I don't like," called out Alice shrilly, going straight on.
Extract from : « Mammon and Co. » by E. F. Benson

"And tell her that the fish was stale," said Seymour shrilly.
Extract from : « Dodo's Daughter » by E. F. Benson

Upon this last head, he was particularly and shrilly emphatic.
Extract from : « Old Judge Priest » by Irvin S. Cobb

She defied them shrilly, flying at the throat of the foremost with her old hands.
Extract from : « The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant

The Indians laughed noisily and shrilly, like children, at this.
Extract from : « Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds » by William La Varre

Shrilly blew the whistle, and a moment later there was a dull "thump!"
Extract from : « Dick Hamilton's Football Team » by Howard R. Garis

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