"shrilly" meaning in English

See shrilly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃɹɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shrilly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more shrilly [comparative], most shrilly [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪli 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|shrill|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} 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 [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "shrilly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="shrilly"> From shrill + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj}} shrilly (comparative more shrilly, superlative most shrilly)
  1. Somewhat shrill.
    Sense id: en-shrilly-en-adj-tRpBnejr Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 72 28
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Etymology number: 2

Adverb

IPA: /ˈʃɹɪli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shrilly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more shrilly [comparative], most shrilly [superlative], shrillly [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪli Etymology: Etymology tree English shrill Middle English -ly English -ly English shrilly From shrill + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|shrill|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English shrill Middle English -ly English -ly English shrilly [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "shrilly", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="shrilly"> From shrill + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} shrilly (comparative more shrilly, superlative most shrilly)
  1. In a shrill manner. Translations (in a shrill manner): διαπρύσιον (diaprúsion) (Ancient Greek), λιγέως (ligéōs) (Ancient Greek), kimeästi (Finnish), kimakasti (Finnish), stridemment (French), de manière stridente (French)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish shrill\nProto-Indo-European *-kos\nProto-Germanic *-gaz\nProto-West Germanic *-g\nOld English -iġ\nMiddle English -y\nEnglish -y\nEnglish shrilly\nFrom shrill + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more shrilly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most shrilly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "shrilly (comparative more shrilly, superlative most shrilly)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              74,
              81
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1860, Robert Stafford, Enoch, a Poem in Three Books:",
          "text": "Yet there they sat, as stones, silent and still. / Sudden a voice, a feeble shrilly voice, / Rose from the inner tent […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Somewhat shrill."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃɹɪli/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shrilly"
}

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