cloddily

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adverb

In a cloddy manner.

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Meanings

adverbcloddily (comparative more cloddily, superlative most cloddily)

comparative more cloddily · superlative most cloddily

  1. In a cloddy manner.

    If the weather be wet while the turnips are feeding off, the ground breaks up very cloddily: in which case, if the roller does not reduce the clods, it will require to be stirred again and again with the plough […]

    1839, James Main, The Young Farmer's Manual, page 64

Origin

From cloddy + -ly.

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APA

cloddily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloddily

MLA

“cloddily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloddily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cloddily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cloddily.

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