As adjectives the difference between trilly and frilly
is that
trilly is having a trill sound while
frilly is having frills; frilled.
trilly English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Having a trill sound.
* 1914 , Sewell Ford, Wilt thou Torchy
*:She was a sweet young thing with cheek dimples and a trilly laugh...
* 1984 , Donald J. Borror, Songs of Western Birds
*: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.
* 2009 , Bob Mitchell, Once Upon a Fastball
*: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... |
frilly English
Adjective
(er)
Having frills; frilled.
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