twaddlingly

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English

Etymology

From twaddling +‎ -ly.

Adverb

twaddlingly (comparative more twaddlingly, superlative most twaddlingly)

  1. (rare) In a silly, weak manner.
    • 1841, The Musical World, volume 15, page 285:
      Let us call to mind those days, now twaddlingly called the "good old times," when Music lay in its cradle []
    • 1946, Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters, page 213:
      [] in my opinion too weak and twaddlingly sentimental.
    • 1996, Theater Week, volume 9, page 44:
      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.