waffley

Adjective

waffley (comparative wafflier, superlative waffliest)

1. Characterized by the presence of waffle (vague speech).
   • Mr. Crouse. Well, Mr. Chairman, I feel that any intelligent and reasonable man would have to answer that question in the affirmative. Mr. Levitas. I would think so, too, but I got sort of a waffley answer earlier today. So I was trying to ask it again.1984, Status of the Air Traffic Control System (98-83): Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives...
   • “It is marvellous if someone loves you for just yourself. The trouble is, nobody seems to love me anything like that . . .” / Cassie’s father said quietly, “Nonsense, my dear, we are always loved by God, not in a waffley, airy-fairy sort of way but in a very down-to-earth fashion. It’s accepting...1985, Sue Garnett, The Ponies of Swallowdale Farm, Basingstoke, Hants: Pickering Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 113
2. Resembling or characteristic of waffles.
   • Here’s a “waffley” good version of the popular bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich. Prepare prebaked froz­en waffles in toaster or oven according to package direc­tions. Spread each with mayonnaise. Top each waf­fle section with lettuce, a tomato slice and cooked ba­con strips.1966 September 20, “Sandwich Idea”, in Lincoln Evening Journal and Nebraska State Journal, 99th year, number 225, Lincoln, Neb., page 10
   • Grilled sandwiches. Blueberry [p]ancakes. Sausages and eggs. Turn [t]hem out like you’ve been cook[i]ng for years. In a General Electric grill and waffle [b]aker. The sections reverse [f]rom a waffley surface to a [f]lat one.1971 March, General Electric, “Now that you know how to iron, what about…”, in Mademoiselle, New York, N.Y.: The Condé Nast Publications Inc.