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whishtly

whishtly is the alternative spelling of whistly.

Meaning of whistly

Adverb

whistly (comparative more whistly, superlative most whistly)

  1. (obsolete) silently

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Origin of whishtly

From whisht + -ly.

Questions about whishtly

What is whishtly the alternative spelling of?
Whishtly is the alternative spelling of whistly.

Words near whishtly in the dictionary

  1. Whishaw
  2. whished
  3. whishes
  4. whishing
  5. whisht
  6. whishtly
  7. whisk
  8. whisk away
  9. whisk fern
  10. whisk ferns
  11. whisk off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whishtly (page history and authors); whistly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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