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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Thistly \This"tly\, a. 1. Overgrown with thistles; as, thistly ground. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: Resembling a thistle or thistles; sharp; pricking. [1913 Webster] In such a world, so thorny, and where none Finds happiness unblighted, or, if found, Without some thistly sorrow at its side. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]