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Definition of Shrillest
1. shrill [adj] - See also: shrill
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrillest
Literary usage of Shrillest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... which seems to imply that it was then used as of the same sound Ev'n from the
shrillest ... shrillest ..."
2. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Johan Winkler (1874)
"... it is the sharpest, shrillest, and clearest vowel in our language ; altho it
has the appearance, when slowly pronounced, of being a compound of the a or ..."
3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"... they belabour his head and shoulders with umbrellas to attract his attention,
screaming all the time in shrillest concert, " Streel ! Stre-ee-1 ! ..."
4. Continuation of the Review of "Nott and Gliddon's Types of Mankind". by John Bachman, Bachman, John (1850)
"... their organs of sound ma}r be compared to the pipes in an organ—the smallest
pipes sending forth the shrillest and the largest the fullest notes. ..."
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