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whilly

whilly verb: to cajole.

Verb

whilly (third-person singular simple present whillies, present participle whillying, simple past and past participle whillied)

  1. (Scotland, archaic, transitive) To cajole.

Synonyms of whilly

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All synonyms of whilly

Forms of whilly

third-person singular presentwhillies
present participlewhillying
past participlewhillied
pastwhillied

Origin of whilly

Perhaps a mixture of wile and wheedle.

Questions about whilly

What does whilly mean?
Whilly means to cajole.
What part of speech is whilly?
Whilly is a verb.
What is the past tense of whilly?
The past tense of whilly is whillied.

Words near whilly in the dictionary

  1. whillaballoo
  2. whillaballoos
  3. whillied
  4. whillies
  5. whillikers
  6. whilly
  7. whillying
  8. whillywha
  9. whillywhas
  10. whilom
  11. whilome

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