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- adjective
exciting , producing athrill .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I'm so excited this very minute that I'm all thrilly inside."
Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves Annie Roe Carr
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They woke with a strange, thrilly sensation running up and down their spines, and hearts that refused to beat normally.
The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys Laura Lee Hope
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"Do you remember that little thrilly feeling that used to go up and down our spines when we were green at the war game?" grinned Bart.
Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive Homer Randall
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By the time they had reached Miss Arbuckle and the finding of her album in the woods they were feeling delightfully thrilly and farther away from sleep than ever.
Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island The Mystery of the Wreck Janet D. Wheeler
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"It's so thrilling to be going away for a long trip, and when it comes to the luxury of a private car, why it's twice as thrilly."
The Merriweather Girls in Quest of Treasure Lizette M. Edholm
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And at last He spoke and His voice was like music, thrilly and gentle.
Suzanna Stirs the Fire Emily Calvin Blake
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"I thought there never could be anything so exciting and thrilly as getting ready for Christmas in Woodford, but this is running it close!"
Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Edyth Ellerbeck Read 1924
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Of course you are to be married at once, and I only wish _I_ could find the only man in the world who can keep me interested for four hours on a stretch and send my pulse up to a hundred and make me feel those thrilly thrills
The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918
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It should be something real thrilly, so the people will rush madly to all the bookstores to buy it.
Jean of the Lazy A 1915
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In this wise she recovered her composure and laughed at her fear, and planned new and thrilly incidents for her novel.
Jean of the Lazy A 1915
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