twaddlingly

adv

twaddlingly

adv

Etymology From twaddling + -ly.

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:
1 more example
  • 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:

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