twaddlingly

twaddlingly

English

Etymology

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.