"whistly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more whistly [comparative], most whistly [superlative]
Etymology: From whistle + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whistle|ly}} whistle + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} whistly (comparative more whistly, superlative most whistly)
  1. (informal) Making a whistling sound. Tags: informal Related terms: dog-whistly
    Sense id: en-whistly-en-adj-ZHAatjQb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Forms: more whistly [comparative], most whistly [superlative]
Etymology: From whist + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whist|ly}} whist + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} whistly (comparative more whistly, superlative most whistly)
  1. (obsolete) silently Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-whistly-en-adv-arbB-a9-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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