a. rare. [f. THRILL sb.1 + -Y. Cf. chilly.] a. Affected with a thrill. b. Having a thrilling quality.

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1828.  T. Wilson, Pitman’s Pay (1843), 113.

        For when a passenger yence hears
  The whussell sharp and shrilly,
He’s myest at Shiel’s afore his ears
  Loss sense o’ soonds se thrilly.

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1893.  Illustr. Sporting & Dram. News, 25 Feb., 848/1. I felt somewhat ‘thrilly’ about the heart region.

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1896.  Punch, 21 March, 133/3. Oh the feeling sweet and thrilly.

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