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twaddlingly

twaddlingly adverb: in a silly, weak manner.

Adverb

twaddlingly (comparative more twaddlingly, superlative most twaddlingly)

  1. (rare) In a silly, weak manner.
    • Let us call to mind those days, now twaddlingly called the "good old times," when Music lay in its cradle […]1841, The Musical World, volume 15, page 285
    • […] in my opinion too weak and twaddlingly sentimental.1946, Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters, page 213

Forms of twaddlingly

comparativemore twaddlingly
superlativemost twaddlingly

Origin of twaddlingly

From twaddling + -ly.

Questions about twaddlingly

What does twaddlingly mean?
Twaddlingly means in a silly, weak manner.
What part of speech is twaddlingly?
Twaddlingly is an adverb.

Words near twaddlingly in the dictionary

  1. twaddler
  2. twaddlers
  3. twaddles
  4. twaddlesome
  5. twaddling
  6. twaddlingly
  7. twaddlings
  8. twaddly
  9. twag
  10. twagged
  11. twagger

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