a. rare. Also -ey. [f. WHIRL sb. or v. + -Y1.] Characterized by whirling or rotatory movement.
1806. Spirit Publ. Jrnls., X. 170. Thames, in whirly dimples flowing.
1887. Meredith, Poems, Last Contention, vii. A whirly tune These winds will pipe. Ibid. (1895), Amazing Marriage, xxxvii. A skimming sense of a drop upon a funny, whirly world.
