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verb + shrilly
shrilly 作方式副词，常置于动词后，强调声音尖锐刺耳。
The alarm rang shrilly in the empty hallway.
警报在空旷的走廊里尖声响起。
尖声地；刺耳地
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
尖声地；刺耳地
in a shrill voice
The alarm rang shrilly in the empty hallway.
警报在空旷的走廊里尖声响起。
尖锐地；刺耳地。
In a shrill manner.
The alarm clock rang shrilly at six in the morning.
闹钟在早上六点刺耳地响了。
She called his name shrilly across the crowded playground.
她在拥挤的操场上尖声喊他的名字。
The injured bird whistled shrilly until help arrived.
那只受伤的鸟尖声鸣叫，直到有人来帮忙。
shrilly 作方式副词，常置于动词后，强调声音尖锐刺耳。
The alarm rang shrilly in the empty hallway.
警报在空旷的走廊里尖声响起。
shrilly 也可放在过去分词前，构成修饰名词的短语。
Her shrilly spoken warning made everyone jump.
她尖声说出的警告把大家吓了一跳。
Not this
She spoke shrill.
Use this
She spoke shrilly.
shrilly 是副词，修饰动词 spoke；shrill 是形容词，不能作状语。中文“尖声地”对应副词 shrilly。
Not this
a shrilly voice
Use this
a shrill voice
修饰名词 voice 要用形容词 shrill；shrilly 是副词，不能作定语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
尖声尖叫
The whistle screamed shrilly in the night.
哨声在夜里尖声响起。
尖声喊叫
She shouted shrilly for help.
她尖声呼救。
尖声哭喊
The baby cried shrilly until someone picked him up.
婴儿尖声哭喊，直到有人把他抱起来。
发出尖锐的哨声
A bird whistled shrilly from the treetops.
一只鸟在树梢上发出尖锐的哨声。
尖声抗议
The crowd protested shrilly against the new law.
人群尖声抗议新法律。
Use shrilly naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象尖嗓子尖叫“shrill——”，声音又尖又刺耳；副词就是 shrilly，形容尖声地喊叫。
语域：neutral 常见场景：literary fiction、descriptive prose、news reports shrilly 是中性偏书面的副词，多用于文学或叙事性描写中，表示“尖声地、刺耳地”；日常口语中较少单独使用，较自然的说法是 in a shrill voice。
shrilly /ˈʃrɪli/ rhymes with silly, hilly, frilly, chilly, billy, and lily: they all end in the sound /ɪli/ with stress on the first syllable. Be careful with lookalikes: words ending in -ily such as happily /ˈhæpɪli/ and easily /ˈiːzɪli/ do not rhyme, and the base word shrill /ʃrɪl/ has no final /i/ sound.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.