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PRONUNCIATION OF WISTLY

wistly  [ˈwɪstlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WISTLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wistly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES WISTLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wistly in the English dictionary

The definition of wistly in the dictionary is intently, observingly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WISTLY


beastly
ˈbiːstlɪ
chastely
ˈtʃeɪstlɪ
Christly
ˈkraɪstlɪ
costly
ˈkɒstlɪ
dishonestly
dɪsˈɒnɪstlɪ
earnestly
ˈɜːnɪstlɪ
firstly
ˈfɜːstlɪ
ghostly
ˈɡəʊstlɪ
honestly
ˈɒnɪstlɪ
immodestly
ɪˈmɒdɪstlɪ
istle
ˈɪstlɪ
lastly
ˈlɑːstlɪ
modestly
ˈmɒdɪstlɪ
moistly
ˈmɔɪstlɪ
mostly
ˈməʊstlɪ
overmodestly
ˌəʊvəˈmɒdɪstlɪ
Priestley
ˈpriːstlɪ
unchastely
ʌnˈtʃeɪstlɪ
unprejudicedly
ʌnˈprɛdʒʊdɪstlɪ
vastly
ˈvɑːstlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WISTLY

wisket
Wisla
Wislany Zalew
Wismar
wisp
wispier
wispiest
wispily
wispiness
wispish
wisplike
wispy
wist
wistaria
wisteria
wistful
wistfully
wistfulness
wistiti
wit

WORDS THAT END LIKE WISTLY

augustly
bristly
confestly
fastly
ghastly
gristly
hostly
justly
manifestly
priestly
robustly
soothfastly
steadfastly
stedfastly
thistly
uncostly
unghostly
unpriestly
unsteadfastly

Synonyms and antonyms of wistly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wistly» into 25 languages

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wistly
1,325 millions of speakers

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wistly
570 millions of speakers

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wistly
510 millions of speakers

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wistly
380 millions of speakers
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wistly
280 millions of speakers

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wistly
278 millions of speakers

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wistly
270 millions of speakers

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wistly
260 millions of speakers

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wistly
220 millions of speakers

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Wistly
190 millions of speakers

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wistly
180 millions of speakers

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wistly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

wistly
85 millions of speakers

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Wistly
85 millions of speakers
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wistly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wistly
75 millions of speakers

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75 millions of speakers

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wistly
70 millions of speakers

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wistly
65 millions of speakers

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wistly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

wistly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wistly
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

wistly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wistly
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

wistly
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

wistly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wistly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WISTLY»

The term «wistly» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.486 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WISTLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wistly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WISTLY»

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1
A Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare: With ...
Surely, with the folio, wistly; and so Knight. The word is frequent in our old poets; e.g., Tarquin and Lucrece, St. cxciv.,— She thought he blush'd, as knowing Tarquin's lust, And, blushing with him, wistly on him gaz'd.” Venus and Adonis, St. lviii.
William Sidney Walker, 1860
2
Remarks on Mr. J. P. Collier's and Mr. C. Knight's Editions ...
The two later quartos and the folio read wistly, which is a different word, meaning attentively, and sometimes silently." Collier. There* is not, and there could not be, such a word as " wishtly :" the " abridgement of wishfully" is wishly. Again, when ...
Alexander Dyce, 1844
3
The Life and Death of King Richard II
't wistly, Seymour conj., reading He Thofe] Thefe QjQ^Q^Q^Qsj Sta., did . . . me ( 11. 166-7) as one line. Cam. + , Irv., Dei., Neil., Rid. et seq. he wifdy look'd] he wifhtly lookt Q^Q^. very] Ova. Q,6. he wiftly lookt Q-sQ^Qsj Bui. he wift- 164. Haue .
William Shakespeare, 2001
4
King Richard II.
7. wistly, wistfully, earnestly. The first and second quartos read ' wishtly.' ' Wistly ' is found besides in three passages of Shakespeare. Compare Venus and Adonis , 343 : ' O, what a sight it was, wistly to view How she came stealing to the ...
William Shakespeare, 1876
5
Shakespeare: Select Plays ...
7. wistly, wistfully, earnestly. The first and second quartos read ' wishtly.' ' Wistly ' is found besides in three passages of Shakespeare. Compare Venus and Adonis , 343 : ' O, what a sight it was, wistly to view How she came stealing to the ...
William Shakespeare, 1880
6
The Tragedy of King Richard II
7. wistly, wistfully, earnestly. The first and second quartos read 'wishtly.' ' Wistly ' is found besides in three passages of Shakespeare. Compare Venus and Adonis, 343 : ' O, what a sight it was, wistly to view How she came stealing to the ...
William Shakespeare, 1880
7
Select Plays: The tragedy of King Richard II
See note on ii. 1. 173. 5. urged, laid stress upon it. See note on iii. 1. 4. 7. wistly, wistfully, earnestly. The first and second quartos read ' wishtly.' ' Wistly' is found besides in three passages of Shakespeare. Compare Venus and Adonis, 343: '0,  ...
William Shakespeare, William George Clark, William Aldis Wright, 1876
8
The Book of Margery Kempe
8355 'And as wistly [as I wolde] not knowyn, heryn, seen, felyn, ne undirstondyn in my sowle in this lyfe mor than is the wil of God that I schulde knowyn, so wistly God mote helpyn me in alle my werkys, in alle my thowtys, and in alle my ...
Margery Kempe, Barry A. Windeatt, 2004
9
Phenomenal Shakespeare
Take, for example, this exclamation from the narrator amid the throes of Venus's frustrated wooing: O, what a sight it was wistly to view How she came stealing to the wayward boy, To note the fighting conflict of her hue, How white and red each  ...
Bruce R. Smith, 2009
10
Henry V
59 Now was fhe iuft before him as he fat, And like a lowly louer downe fhe kneeles, 350 With one faire hand fhe heaueth vp his hat, 343. wistly] wishtly Q12. 347. by and by] Hyphened by view,] QiQsCM^oQuQuQuQie, Huds.*, Kit. State, Lint.
William Shakespeare, 2001

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WISTLY»

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JEDAN OD NAJLJEPŠIH PERIVOJA TREBA HITNU OBNOVU
“Projekt obnove slijedio bi primjer parka Wisley u Engleskoj, a stručnjaci Instituta u Wistly parku spremni su pomoći i surađivati, kao i Gartennetz Deutschland. «Glas Slavonije, Jun 15»

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