tinnily
- adverb
- /ˈtɪnəli/
:
metálicamente
- The toy keyboard emitted notes tinnily, resembling the sound of old-fashioned electronic music.
Examples
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The music played tinnily through the small speakers, making it hard to enjoy.
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Cattle bells clinked tinnily, the animals themselves invisible in the gray air, which was thick as wadded cotton.
Fiction book (1998) -
Rap music beat tinnily from the headphones hanging around his neck.
Fiction book (1995) -
Nirvana seeps tinnily out of the car window.
Fiction book (2002) -
[music continues tinnily over ear buds]
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"Her giggle rattled tinnily down the wire.
Fiction book (1996) -
Leaking tinnily through the headset, we hear the opening bars of "Comin' Up Around the Bend."
Fiction book (1998) -
Leaking tinnily through the headphones, we can just hear an intermittent clatter.
Fiction book (1998) -
The newscaster's voice was buzzing tinnily in my ear about an uprising in South Africa, and for a disoriented second, I thought there was someone in the room with me.
Fiction book (1996) -
As she spoke, her voice came out tinnily, sounding artificial and distant.
Synonyms
In a way that sounds or looks like metal
In a clear, high, ringing way like glass
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tinnily comes from the metal tin and the adverb ending -ly, and tin makes a light, high, metallic sound like a small bell or a tin can. So, to say something sounds tinnily is to say it sounds 'thin', 'metallic', or a little 'artificial'.
