noddingly
/ˈnɒdɪŋli/adverb
By means of nodding, with nodding; (with reference to knowledge, acquaintance, etc.) in a slight or small degree, to a slight extent.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in ‘George Eliot’ (1819–1880), novelist (real name Mary Ann Evans). From nodding + -ly.
- power skating
- power slide
- power socket
- power spectrum
- power station
- power steering
- power strip
- power stroke
- power structure
- power struggle
- power suit
- power-suited
- power supply
- power surge
- power system
- power take-off
- power tie
- power tool
- power-to-weight ratio
- power tower
- power train
- power transformer
- power transistor
- power trio
- power trip