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trebly

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treb·le  (trbl)
adj.
1. Triple: "treble reason for loving as well as working while it is day" (George Eliot).
2. Music Relating to or having the highest part, voice, or range.
3. High-pitched; shrill.
n.
1. Music
a. The highest part, voice, instrument, or range.
b. A singer or player that performs this part.
2. A high, shrill sound or voice.
tr. & intr.v. treb·led, treb·ling, treb·les
To make or become triple.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin triplum, from Latin, neuter of triplus, triple; see triple.]
treble·ness n.
trebly (trbl) adv.
Translations
trebly [ˈtreblɪ] ADV → tres veces
it is trebly dangerous to → es tres veces más peligroso ...
trebly
adv → dreifach; the child was trebly dear to him → er liebte das Kind dreimal mehr


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I could now see that I had been trebly in the wrong--wrong in hastily and cruelly suspecting an innocent woman; wrong in communicating my suspicions (without an attempt to verify them previously) to another person; wrong in accepting the flighty inferences and conclusions of Miserrimus Dexter as if they had been solid truths.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
You have been kind to us, dear Miss Henley, as you are kind to all; but to me your sympathy has been trebly dear, for it has brought with it a consolation and pleasure that you but little imagine.
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After allowing a moment of stillness to enforce his discipline, the voice of the singer was heard, in low, murmuring syllables, gradually stealing on the ear, until it filled the narrow vault with sounds rendered trebly thrilling by the feeble and tremulous utterance produced by his debility.
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