maunderinglyadv.
/ˈmɔːnd(ə)rɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈmɔnd(ə)rɪŋli/, /ˈmɑnd(ə)rɪŋli/ In a maundering manner; with confusion; sentimentally.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adverb]
babblingly1561
babblishly1574
drivellingly1731
maunderingly1909
1909 I. 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.
1915 F. 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.
1955 Perspective Autumn 152 He raised his head maunderingly, like a jackal from a lion's kill no longer warm.
1983 S. McPherson Patron Happiness 71 Never objective, never Maunderingly subjective, she Who had seen many.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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