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shrilly

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹɪli/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English shrill Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English shrilly From shrill + -y.

  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.

    Yet there they sat, as stones, silent and still. / Sudden a voice, a feeble shrilly voice, / Rose from the inner tent […]

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English shrill Middle English -ly English -ly English shrilly From shrill + -ly.

  1. In a shrill manner.

    [T]he thwarted Hawk circled above, calling shrilly.

    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 shrilly screech that Brenton Tarrant and Robert Bowers were Mossad false flag operations.