milquetoastedly

Adverb

milquetoastedly (comparative more milquetoastedly, superlative most milquetoastedly)

1. (rare) In a milquetoasted manner.
   • Last evening, at supper, my wife looked at me menacingly and said, “What’s the matter, what wrong with my cooking?” all I could do was to look at her and milquetoastedly say: “Something is missing in my soup, Devey. You always cook it supremely when you are all steamed up. Didn’t you read the Voice...1972 May 13, Alvin M., “[Voice of the People] Disband the Voice”, in Franklin D. Schurz Jr., editor, The South Bend Tribune, volume C, number 66, South Bend, Ind., page 6, column 8
   • A bottle of commercially-prepared hot sauce at the ready suggested you add the gusto yourself. Milquetoastedly, I shook on a teaspoonful, tasted, then added more.1984 August 26, James Tallon, “Confessions of a Mexican food addict”, in Arizona (The Arizona Republic), Phoenix, Ariz., page 17, column 1