(adv.) In a shrill manner; acutely; with a sharp sound or voice.
(a.) Somewhat shrill.
Example Sentences:
(1) Anti-racists would have much to gain from that, if they stopped shouting almost as shrilly as the populist xenophobes – which only closes down the conversation that Britain’s moderate majority would like.
(2) But the scalp burning didn’t go away until a dermatologist prescribed me antidepressants.” “That’s not me saying the symptoms weren’t real,” I continued – and in my nervousness that I’d once again offended them, I then farted so shrilly that Mae laughed in shock.
(3) Turnbull, having clearly resolved to have a press conference to try and stop people opining shrilly that he was in witness protection, or avoiding a controversial subject, but having also resolved to say absolutely nothing – declined to go into what he might be doing to ensure Australian citizens were not caught up in the chaotic scenes playing out in US airports.
(4) One person who clearly won't miss Mitchell, however, is Mehreen, who tweeted: "Andrew Mitchell's insufferable, shrilly, monotone voice will be put to use as Chief Whip.
(5) Japan's putative "grabbing" of the Senkaku Islands has been shrilly reported in Chinese media this past month .
(6) Even better, a trio of Nepali teenagers arrive, strip down to their underwear, and then run and duck under the spouts, screaming shrilly at the iciness of the mountain runoff.
Skirling
Definition:
(n.) A shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
(n.) A small trout or salmon; -- a name used loosely.