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noodley

noodley is the alternative form of noodly.

Meaning of noodly

Adjective

noodly (comparative noodlier or more noodly, superlative noodliest or most noodly)

  1. Of or pertaining to noodles (the food).
    • How did he get the money? In the noodliest way in the world.1957, Moritz Jagendorf, Noodlehead Stories from Around the World, Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 281
  2. (informal) Involving improvisation.
    • Mitchell likes to play off O’Malley’s singing, doubling her voice with noodlier versions of her melodies or playing call-and-response with little shrieks and tweets of feedback.1997 August, Douglas Wolk, “CHUG / Metalon / Alias”, in CMJ New Music Monthly, number 48, page 12
  3. Floppy, droopy.
    • A lot of her clothes move strangely: one dress has an exaggerated, uneven bustle, upon which is layered a long skirt made of elastic, resulting in a motion that Glaum-Lathbury describes as "wiggly and noodly."2006 May 12, Liz Armstrong, Heather Kenny, “Big Imagination”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of noodley

comparativemore noodley
superlativemost noodley

Questions about noodley

What is noodley the alternative form of?
Noodley is the alternative form of noodly.

Words near noodley in the dictionary

  1. noodlery
  2. noodles
  3. noodles up
  4. noodlewhore
  5. noodlewhores
  6. noodley
  7. noodlicious
  8. noodlier
  9. noodliest
  10. noodliness
  11. noodling

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