whirl
verb (used without object)
to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly.
whirlingly
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a word derived from
whirl.
Example Sentences
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Immediately afterwards was heard a loud noise, which turned Susanna's glance to the heights, where she saw, as it were, a pillar of smoke whirlingly ascend upwards.
From Strife and Peace by Mary (Mary Botham) Howitt
There was a rush of swift feet from the distant doors; friendly hands were under him—lifting him—as the room, for Robert Delamater, President-in-name of the United States, turned whirlingly, dizzily black….
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 by Various
