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▪ I. trebly, a. Chiefly Music and Sound Recording.
Brit. |ˈtrɛbli|, U.S. |ˈtrɛb(ə)li|
Forms: 19– trebley, 19– trebly
[‹ treble n. + -y suffix1.]
Characterized by an excess of treble frequencies or an absence of resonant bass frequencies; tinny.
1970Los Angeles Times 13 Feb. iv. 15/1 Dyke takes the stage to hold his microphone too close to his mouth (making his voice come out painfully trebly). 1978Gramophone Aug. 401/2 One tape..was so thin and trebly as to be almost unplayable. 1991N.Y. Times 5 Mar. c12/5 The sound system delivered a tinny, trebly blare. 2006Times (Nexis) 15 July (Features section) 28 The producer..adds a trebley sheen that makes the songs glisten, indeed the guitars are so bright..that they sound like a brass section.
▪ II. trebly, adv.|ˈtrɛblɪ|
[f. treble a. + -ly2.]
1. In a threefold degree or manner; triply.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. xi. 22 Trebly augmented was his furious mood. 1629Wadsworth Pilgr. v. 47 She was left destitute, the..Iesuites being trebly paid. 1697Dryden æneid x. 1113 Linnen trebly rowl'd. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles iii. vii, Wicket and gate were trebly barr'd, By beam and bolt and chain. 1850Tennyson In Mem. cii. 16 This hath made them trebly dear.
†2. In a treble or high-pitched tone. Obs. rare—1.
1679in Verney Mem. (1907) II. 330 A Mercy, wch makes mee merrily & Trebly sing, Gaudiamus and Haleluia. |