Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Silently; with mute attention; earnestly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb obsolete Attentively; observingly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb obsolete In an intent manner, intently; with close attention, attentively

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Possibly an alternative form of whistly, or whishtly ("quietly").

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