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Word entry · 7 letters

shrilly

Best crossword clue

"In a high-pitched way"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈʃɹɪli/Part of speech adverbSorted hillrsyStarts with SEnds with Y1 clues
1S2H3R4I5L6L7Y

Definitions

  1. in a shrill voice

Word origin

From shrill + -ly.

Used in a sentence

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

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