Trilly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Trilly is an adjective meaning Having a trill sound.
Meaning
Having a trill sound.
Example Sentences
She was a sweet young thing with cheek dimples and a trilly laugh.
This bird has a number of calls, but the most common is a loud chuck (Example 3). Immature birds utter a trilly note (Example 4), which is a common marsh sound in mid-summer.
He adores his bedtime baseball stories, even at his ripe old age. “It's called 'The Curse.' Wooooooooo!” Sol sings scarily in a trilly, ghostlike, gradually descending soprano.
31 March 2011, Mallika Rao at RollingStone.com, American Idol Recap: Stuck In the Middle Paul McDonald, whose "Rocket Man" was wispy and unmemorable; Stefano Langone, still with the weird enunciations and trilly voice.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include trill, trundly, trimm, tinkly, fluting, twittery.
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