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thrilling

[ thril-ing ]

/ ˈθrɪl ɪŋ /

adjective

producing sudden, strong, and deep emotion or excitement.

producing a tremor, as by chilling.

vibrating; trembling; quivering.

Origin of thrilling

First recorded in 1520–30; thrill + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM thrilling

thrill·ing·ly, adverb un·thrill·ing, adjective

Words nearby thrilling

thrifty, thrill, thrill to pieces, thrill-seeker, thriller, thrilling, thrippence, thrips, thrive, thrix, thro

Example sentences from the Web for thrillingly

The most exciting and thrillingly unique artist to surface in 2014.

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Our visit to TRL would require us to leave slightly early from school, thrillingly skipping the last half of our final class.

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In this thrillingly cinematic noir, no one is quite what they seem.

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And familial love can't keep an apocalyptic flood, thrillingly described, from slamming in.

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The journey is one thrillingly interesting, and about the only one of the kind that can be made on the island.

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The name rang out so thrillingly strange that its reverberation instantly arrested the flying footsteps of the girl.

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Above their happy voices the songs of the meadow larks can be heard, clear, mellow and thrillingly sweet.

Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 2 [February 1902] |Various
It was thrillingly fresh, if Baree's bristling spine and rumbling voice meant anything.

The Courage of Marge O'Doone |James Oliver Curwood
What were the "orders," military and naval, which had been described so thrillingly?

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British Dictionary definitions for thrillingly

thrilling

/ (ˈθrɪlɪŋ) /

adjective

very exciting or stimulating

vibrating or trembling

Derived forms of thrilling

thrillingly, adverb