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twaddlingly en · ADV

Etymology

From twaddling + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) In a silly, weak manner.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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