shrilly

shrill  (shrl)

adj. shrill·er, shrill·est

1. High-pitched and piercing in tone or sound: the shrill wail of a siren.

2. Producing a sharp, high-pitched tone or sound: a shrill fife.

3. Sharp or keen to the senses; harshly vivid: shrill colors.

v. shrilled, shrill·ing, shrills

v.tr.

To utter in a shrill manner; scream.

v.intr.

To produce a shrill cry or sound.

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[Middle English shrille.]

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shrillness n.

shrilly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

shrilly - in a shrill voice; "she sang rather shrilly" piercingly

Translations

shrilly [ˈʃrɪlɪ] ADV → de modo estridente

shrilly [ˈʃrɪlli] adv → d'une voix perçante, d'une voix stridente

shrilly

adv → schrill; (fig: = fiercely) → lautstark; what are you doing?, she demanded shrilly → was tust du da?, fragte sie mit einer schrillen Stimme

shrilly [ˈʃrɪlɪ] adv → in modo penetrante

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shrilly [ˈʃrɪlɪ] adv → in modo penetrante