Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Silently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete In a whist manner; silently.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete
silently - adjective informal Making a
whistling sound.
Etymologies
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Examples
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So they can whistle away the crisis as much as they want, but we'd all do well to stay on top of this and to not take the whistly bright-side spin very seriously -- at least until we see Carol Browner and Thad Allen and BP executives scarfing down Gulf shrimp, crabs and oysters by the bushel.
Bob Cesca: The BP Disaster Continues Despite the Cheerful Happy Talk 2010
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So they can whistle away the crisis as much as they want, but we'd all do well to stay on top of this and to not take the whistly bright-side spin very seriously -- at least until we see Carol Browner and Thad Allen and BP executives scarfing down Gulf shrimp, crabs and oysters by the bushel.
Bob Cesca: The BP Disaster Continues Despite the Cheerful Happy Talk Bob Cesca 2010
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So they can whistle away the crisis as much as they want, but we'd all do well to stay on top of this and to not take the whistly bright-side spin very seriously -- at least until we see Carol Browner and Thad Allen and BP executives scarfing down Gulf shrimp, crabs and oysters by the bushel.
Bob Cesca: The BP Disaster Continues Despite the Cheerful Happy Talk 2010
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She was wheezey, whistly, and gaspy with a barking cough to boot.
Phoning it in While Sleep Walking Zombie Mom 2009
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I wasn't too scared, but I was scared a little bit, because inside of our room where we were sleeping, the wind was like really whistly (ph) and ...
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Barely to be heard through the storm, an Ythrian voice-high, whistly, but reasonant out of full lungs-shouted: “Come topside!”
The Earth Book of Stormgate Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1978
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The Genius touched a spring, and instantly, in a queer, tin-whistly voice, he began to sing, "Little Annie Rooney".
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"I think maybe you better come over, 'cause little Mamie is a-breathin 'awful whistly."
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The "whistly breathing" of the little sufferer had by this time become a hoarse bark, and at the sound of it Mrs. Carroll quickened her steps; then, turning hurriedly, she sent Billins in haste for the doctor.
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"It might be because the signature 'whistly theme song' in the porno sounds awfully similar to the one in the show."
AVN News 2009
fbharjo commented on the word whistly
a silent 'e'
September 1, 2010