twaddlingly

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adverb

In a silly, weak manner.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbtwaddlingly (comparative more twaddlingly, superlative most twaddlingly)

comparative more twaddlingly · superlative most twaddlingly

  1. rareIn a silly, weak manner.

    […] in my opinion too weak and twaddlingly sentimental.

    1946, Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters, page 213
    2 more examples

    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

    But almost everything has suffered from being twaddlingly coddled by an undiscerning and over-appreciative audience which appears to park its brains along with its Volvos.

    1996, Theater Week, volume 9, page 44

Origin

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Chicago

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