What does wispily mean?
Wispily means In a wispy manner..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a wispy manner..
From some far seaward cisterns of the air billows of fog poured down over the city of San Francisco; rebounding like smoke from the summer-heated fronts of hills, they settled in shady hollows and caught wispily at rows of trees.
“Yes,” said Julia, vaguely and wispily. “Yes, dear, you have.”
A man and his dog were going to materialize, were going to appear out of thin air—wispily at first, becoming, finally, as substantial as any man and dog alive.
He caught a last glimpse of Mitzi’s large breasts bulging out above her brassiere, wispily veiled by the negligee.
But the fat man remains, as does the cashier, who is wispily blond, with a bony hillbilly nose and translucent white skin.
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Wispily means In a wispy manner..
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From some far seaward cisterns of the air billows of fog poured down over the city of San Francisco; rebounding like smoke from the summer-heated fronts of hills, they settled in shady hollows and caught wispily at rows of trees.
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