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单词 whistly
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whistlyadj.

/ˈhwɪs(ə)li/
Etymology: < whistle n. or whistle v. + -y suffix1.
rare.
Resembling a whistle.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] > whistling (of sound) > making whistling sound
whistlingc1405
whutingc1600
whiffling1834
siffling1866
whistly1907
1907 ‘Q’ Merry-garden & Other Stories 146 Makes a whistly noise in his speech—do he—like a slit bellows?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

whistlyadv.

/ˈhwɪstli/
Etymology: < whist adj.1 + -ly suffix2.
archaic.
Silently, quietly, softly, without noise.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adverb] > silently
stillyc1000
stilla1225
softlyc1330
whistlya1400
silentlya1425
coylyc1475
quietly1488
still1535
huishtly1548
whishtly1548
mutely1587
silentially1627
statuelike1640
tacitly1643
noiselessly1794
soundlessly1837
soundless1844
mouse-like1874
quietlike1909
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 1851 Off þe whele of forton & þe whene þat whistely chaungez.
1592 Arden of Feversham iii. iii. 9 I vppon a little rysing hill Stoode whistely watching for the herds approch.
1854 S. T. Dobell Balder xxviii. 192 ‘Whistly, whistly,’ said she:..‘He must not wake.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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