Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whistly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
whistly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Making a whistling sound.

Informal

adv

silently

Obsolete

Etymology

From whistle + -ly.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more whistly (comparative) most whistly (superlative)

Phrases

dog-whistly

Frequently Paired Words

dog-whistly

Questions

What does whistly mean?
Making a whistling sound.
Where does whistly come from?
From whistle + -ly.

How to pronounce whistly

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