shrilly

ˈʃrɪli
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Translation of shrilly into German

Adverb

1.

sound

in a high-pitched and piercing manner
gellend
  • The alarm rang shrilly in the morning.Der Alarm klingelte am Morgen gellend.
2.

voice

with a sharp and intense tone
  • She shouted shrilly at the noisy crowd.Sie schrie gellend die lärmende Menge an.
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Synonyms and analogies of shrilly in English

adv.keenlypiercinglysharplyMore synonyms

Examples of shrilly in a sentence

  • The whistle blew shrilly during the game.
  • The referee blew the whistle shrilly to stop the game.
  • The alarm rang shrilly, waking everyone up.

Translations of "shrilly" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Adverb
schrilladv.

Soft, a bit shrilly and still, it's romantic.

Sugarbaby Soft, ein bisschen schrill und doch romantisch.

A child can scream very shrilly, expressing his displeasure in all ways, but do it absolutely without tears.

Ein Kind kann sehr schrill schreien und sein Mißfallen auf alle Arten ausdrücken, aber es absolut ohne Tränen.

lautstarkadv.

Beginning in 2000, one leading browser after another delivered on the promise of many of the standards we had (sometimes shrilly) promoted.

Ab 2000 begannen die führenden Browser schließlich - einer nach dem anderen - sich an das Versprechen der Standards zu halten, das wir (manchmal lautstark) beworben hatten.

Adjective
gellendadj.

The electric guitar howls shrilly in the hands of Reinhard Stranzinger, Wolfgang Maier flogs the drums, and Stefan Engel's keyboards rumble threateningly from the background.

Gellend jault die E-Gitarre unter der Hand von Rainhard Stranzinger, Wolfgang Maier prügelt die Trommeln, und Stefan Engels Keyboards wummern bedrohlich aus dem Hintergrund.

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shrilly: Examples and translations in context

And up there in the sky the geese were flying, shrilly calling...

Und oben am Himmel flogen die Gänse, schrill rufend...

One girl was squeaking very shrilly all the time.

Ein Mädel quiekte die ganze Zeit schrill rum.

I was looking by telescope at the ducks busy in the bay and suddenly a woodpecker started to call shrilly behind my back.

Ich schaut mit dem Spektiv nach den in der Bucht sich tummelnden Enten und plötzlich begann hinter meinem Rücken ein Specht schrill zu rufen.

It was a bleak and boisterous night and the wind whistled shrilly down the long street.

Es war eine düstere und stürmische Nacht und der Wind heulte schrill die Straße entlang.

Uwe was not going to need to move to the intensive care unit, she blurted out quietly but shrilly on the phone a few days later.

Uwe braucht nicht mehr auf die Intensivstation umzuziehen, habe sie wenige Tage später leise und schrill in den Apparat gerufen.

If by "shrilly," you mean "angelic," then I agree with you.

Wenn du mit "schrill" engelsgleich meinst, dann stimme ich dir zu.

Individual sounds can be expressed shrilly and loudly; the chant is long-range and becomes composite from characteristic stanzas and the successful imitation of all possible other signals.

Einzelne Töne können schrill und laut geäußert werden; der Gesang ist weittragend und wird aus arteigenen Strophen und der gelungenen Nachahmung aller möglichen anderen Signale zusammengesetzt.

There! said Pettigrew shrilly, pointing at Ron with his maimed hand. Thank you!

Ganz genau! , sagte Pettigrew schrill und deutete mit seiner verstümmelten Hand auf Hermine.Ich danke dir!

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