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maunderingly, adv.|ˈmɔːndərɪŋlɪ|
[f. maundering ppl. a.2 + -ly2.]
In a maundering manner; inconsequently.
1909I. Zangwill Melting-Pot iii. 172 David. (..he picks up the violin, and as his fingers draw out the broken string he murmurs) I must get a new string. (He resumes his dragging march toward the door, repeating maunderingly) I must get a new string. 1915F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier iv. vi. 282 Edward..believed maunderingly that some essential attractiveness in himself must have made the girl continue to go on loving him. 1955J. Slotkin in Perspective Autumn 152 He raised his head maunderingly, like a jackal from a lion's kill no longer warm. |