shrilly

1. 1.

   in a shrill voice

   “she sang rather shrilly”

   Synonymspiercingly

Questions about shrilly

What does shrilly mean?

shrilly means "in a shrill voice".

How many syllables are in shrilly?

shrilly has 2 syllables: shril-ly. The stress falls on "shril".

What is another word for shrilly?

Close synonyms include piercingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shrilly a common word?

shrilly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.