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shrillingly

shrillingly adverb: with a shrill sound.

Adverb

shrillingly (comparative more shrillingly, superlative most shrillingly)

  1. With a shrill sound.

Forms of shrillingly

comparativemore shrillingly
superlativemost shrillingly

Origin of shrillingly

From shrilling + -ly.

Questions about shrillingly

What does shrillingly mean?
Shrillingly means with a shrill sound.
What part of speech is shrillingly?
Shrillingly is an adverb.

Words near shrillingly in the dictionary

  1. shrillcock
  2. shrilled
  3. shriller
  4. shrillest
  5. shrilling
  6. shrillingly
  7. shrillings
  8. shrillish
  9. shrillly
  10. shrillness
  11. shrillnesses

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