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shrilly

/ˈʃɹɪli/

shrilly adverb: in a shrill manner.

Adverb

shrilly (comparative more shrilly, superlative most shrilly)

  1. In a shrill manner.
    • [T]he thwarted Hawk circled above, calling shrilly.1948, Alec H. Chisholm, Bird Wonders of Australia, page 96
    • Anyone who denounces violent self-defense against the Jew is a coward. He may know the crimes of the Jew, but subconsciously he knows that ACTUALLY taking action would mean sacrificing the bread and circus. It might mean that he won’t live comfortably anymore. This is one of the reasons cowards so...2019 April 27, John T. Earnest, An open letter [so-called Earnest Manifesto], margin number 33

Adjective

shrilly (comparative more shrilly, superlative most shrilly)

  1. Somewhat shrill.
    • The night—its silence—its rest, was rent in twain by a savage, a sharp, a shrilly sound that ran from end to end of Thornfield Hall.1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
    • Yet there they sat, as stones, silent and still. / Sudden a voice, a feeble shrilly voice, / Rose from the inner tent […]1860, Robert Stafford, Enoch, a Poem in Three Books

shrilly meaning in Malayalam

shrilly in Malayalam

കൂർത്തസ്വരമായ, കർക്കശനാദമായ, രൂക്ഷശബ്ദമുള്ള

Forms of shrilly

Adverb
comparativemore shrilly
superlativemost shrilly
alternative formshrillly
Adjective
comparativemore shrilly
superlativemost shrilly

Origin of shrilly

From shrill + -ly.

From shrill + -y.

Words that rhyme with shrilly

22 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about shrilly

What does shrilly mean?
Shrilly means in a shrill manner.
What is shrilly in Malayalam?
Shrilly in Malayalam is കൂർത്തസ്വരമായ, കർക്കശനാദമായ, രൂക്ഷശബ്ദമുള്ള. See Shrilly meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is shrilly?
Shrilly can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce shrilly?
Shrilly is pronounced /ˈʃɹɪli/.

Words near shrilly in the dictionary

  1. shrillish
  2. shrillly
  3. shrillness
  4. shrillnesses
  5. shrills
  6. shrilly
  7. shrim
  8. Shrimati
  9. shrimmed
  10. shrimming
  11. shrimp

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shrilly (page history and authors); shrilly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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