Synonyms for shrilly
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shril |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃrɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for shrilly Other synonyms for the word shrilly
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
- 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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