Meaning of noddingly | Babel Free

Definitions

1. With a nodding motion, possibly expressing agreement.
2. To a very minor degree; slightly.

Examples

“You could name⟳ ten thousand goodish books that you might, without any pressing necessity, noddingly know⟳; you might name⟳ a hundred authors that cultured persons would be expected to talk⟳ about.”

“You may find⟳ in the first few months that your budgeted estimates are only noddingly close⟳ to your actual expenses.”

“In the primary and secondary schools, the student is taught the rudiments of literacy and arithmetic; is introduced to history and literature; acquires the beginner's skills in mathematics; is noddingly acquainted with science; and in general, is given a perspective on the modern world and of his and her place⟳ in it.”

“Emma may claim⟳ to have⟳ copied that very poem out of Elegant Extracts, but Austen herself, and any reader even noddingly familiar with the anthology, would have⟳ known that David Garrick's 'A Riddle' from 1757 was far too saucy and laden with innuendo to have⟳ been admitted to Knox's edifying volume.”

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