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Meanings of shrilly in English

Spanish
de manera chillona

In a shrill voice.

de manera chillona
Synonyms
Examples for "piercingly"
Examples for "piercingly"
1
The air was cold; it blew at moments piercingly from the river.
Thyrza
2
The night was piercingly cold, the bed merely a board of wood.
Eyeless in Gaza
3
Though the breeze was moderate this morning the air was piercingly keen.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
4
It was almost too warm, although the weather outside was piercingly cold.
Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
5
Ted looked piercingly at his friend, but Richard's face was perfectly grave.
The Twenty-Fourth of June: Midsummer's Day
Usage of shrilly in English
1
The wood-pigeons were cooing, the young rooks cawing shrilly in the rookery.
The Daughters of Danaus
2
The winds whistle more shrilly in the stillness of that lonely hour.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 19,...
3
She laughed shrilly and the two men joined in with low guffaws.
That Printer of Udell's: A Story of the Middle West
4
It was Buttons's turn to scream, shrilly for the pain was great.
The adventures of button
5
It was the same tune, curious, syncopated and piercing the night shrilly.
The Shades of the Wilderness: A Story of Lee's Great Stand
6
Those about him laughed shrilly in their joy or wept or prayed.
The New Land / Stories of Jews Who Had a Part in the Making of O...
7
He blew the whistle shrilly, then folded it back and screamed down.
The Cruise of the Dry Dock
8
It was then that he heard the sound of someone whistling shrilly.
No way down: life and death on k2
9
He whistled shrilly twice, and began a slow retreat toward the hills.
Wyoming: A Story of the Outdoor West
10
Target snorted shrilly and started back from the water, ready to stampede.
The Young Forester
11
The mere thought turned him sick, and he whistled shrilly as before.
A Countess from Canada: A Story of Life in the Backwoods
12
A scream, and the woodcock, trumpeting shrilly, is drawn into the depths.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914
13
The woman called out shrilly at the open door at the back.
The White Road
14
The dragon laughed shrilly; the draconians joined it, gurgling and croaking horribly.
Dragons of autumn twilight
15
A guitar and a tambourine competed shrilly with the drum's dull booming.
Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers
16
And in the silence a single voice in the awestruck crowds cried shrilly:
The Elephant God
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Shrilly through the time
Shrilly across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common