ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Whirly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Whirly is an adjective meaning (informal) Visually suggestive of a swirl, whorl, or vortex.

Meaning

(informal) Visually suggestive of a swirl, whorl, or vortex.

More Meanings

  1. (informal) That moves in a whirling motion.
  2. A snowy whirlwind in the Antarctic.

Example Sentences

The whirly pattern on the wallpaper.
The whirly blades on top of a helicopter.
He was studying this brolga dance which was being performed with the accompaniment of a whirly haze of dust sprayed from the rusty wrecks of car bodies strewn over the flats behind them.

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include whirlsome, whorly, whirling, twirly, whirring, gyratory.

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