wispily

English

Etymology

wispy +‎ -ly

Adverb

wispily (comparative more wispily, superlative most wispily)

In a wispy manner.
- 1908, Mary Hunter Austin, Santa Lucia, New York: Harper, Chapter 22, p. 282,
  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.
- 1922, D. H. Lawrence, Aaron’s Rod, London: Martin Secker, Chapter 6, p. 64,
  “Yes,” said Julia, vaguely and wispily. “Yes, dear, you have.”
- 1959, Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, 2006, Chapter 1, p. 2,
  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.
- 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, New York: Viking, p. 196,
  He caught a last glimpse of Mitzi’s large breasts bulging out above her brassiere, wispily veiled by the negligee.
- 1991, Douglas Coupland, Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, OCLC 22510632, page 64:
  But the fat man remains, as does the cashier, who is wispily blond, with a bony hillbilly nose and translucent white skin.

单词	wispily
释义	wispily English Etymology wispy +‎ -ly Adverb wispily (comparative more wispily, superlative most wispily) In a wispy manner. 1908, Mary Hunter Austin, Santa Lucia, New York: Harper, Chapter 22, p. 282, 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. 1922, D. H. Lawrence, Aaron’s Rod, London: Martin Secker, Chapter 6, p. 64, “Yes,” said Julia, vaguely and wispily. “Yes, dear, you have.” 1959, Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, 2006, Chapter 1, p. 2, 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. 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, New York: Viking, p. 196, He caught a last glimpse of Mitzi’s large breasts bulging out above her brassiere, wispily veiled by the negligee. 1991, Douglas Coupland, Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, OCLC 22510632, page 64: 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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