Meaning of waffley | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Alternative spelling of waffly.
2. Characterized by the presence of waffle (vague speech).
3. Resembling or characteristic of waffles.

Examples

“Mr. Crouse. Well, Mr. Chairman, I feel⟳ that any intelligent and reasonable man would have⟳ to answer⟳ that question⟳ in the affirmative. Mr. Levitas. I would think⟳ so, too, but I got sort⟳ of a waffley answer⟳ earlier today. So I was trying to ask⟳ it again.”

““It is marvellous if someone loves you for just yourself. The trouble⟳ is, nobody seems to love⟳ me anything like⟳ that . . .” / Cassie’s father said quietly, “Nonsense, my dear, we are always loved by God, not in a waffley, airy-fairy sort⟳ of way but in a very down-to-earth fashion. It’s accepting that love⟳ which most people find⟳ hard, just as I suspect⟳ that you find⟳ it hard accepting your father’s love⟳—or recognising it!””

“Well, if you remember⟳ the 1960 [Democratic national] convention, apparently, he waffled or appeared to be a "waffley" kind of governor.”

“We write⟳ short concise reviews, because there’s nothing more tedious than a waffley piece of writing which takes twenty minutes to get⟳ to its point⟳, especially when most people only look⟳ at the final verdict anyway.”

“These differences meant that meetings of the Cabinet’s welfare committee have⟳ been unproductive, with a brooding Mr Field and a waffley and increasingly prickly Ms Harman.”

“I used to be a bit of a culprit for a waffley essay, that I didn’t actually know⟳ that much about what I was writing,. . .”

“The Norton 3 has a descriptive ‘Performance Comment⟳’ in the digital edition and a waffley summary in the print⟳ version, ‘It is not clear from Shakespeare’s text how Isabella responds to the Duke’s proposal of marriage’. Is this equity, or cowardice?”

“Here’s a “waffley” good version of the popular bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich. Prepare⟳ prebaked froz­en waffles in toaster or oven according to package direc­tions. Spread⟳ each with mayonnaise. Top each waf­fle section with lettuce, a tomato slice and cooked ba­con strips.”

“Grilled sandwiches. Blueberry [p]ancakes. Sausages and eggs. Turn⟳ [t]hem out like⟳ you’ve been cook⟳[i]ng for years. In a General Electric grill and waffle [b]aker. The sections reverse [f]rom a waffley surface to a [f]lat one.”

“A permanent fixture in that same pocket was a billfold or wallet m the final stages of disintegration. Its covering was a waffley, metal-like substance, gold and silver on reverse sides, that was peeling to bits.”

“The bra top, which had what were called “molded plastic cups,” had shriveled and shrunk to a very small size. It left a waffley emaciated look⟳ across my entire top.”

“He’d given her a cushion to sleep⟳ on, and a waffley baby’s blanket, yellow with a washed-out Cookie Monster appliquéd in one corner.”

“The ancient Greeks made waffles? “Tons of ‘em. Ate ‘em by the plateful while they were braining up to invent⟳ Western civilization. Aristotle, Plato, Demosthenes, Bucephalus…all of them could wreak havoc on a stack of waffley goodness before you could say⟳ “I think⟳, therefore I want⟳ more syrup.””

“Katrina spread⟳ butter and syrup with liberal abandon, then forked several squares of butter- and maple-syrup-laden waffley goodness into her mouth and closed her eyes in bliss.”

“After a moment of comfortable silence, with Ben tenderly rubbing his thumb gently over the back of her hand, he asked, “So what do you want⟳ to do now that you’re all stuffed full of waffley goodness?””

“Grab⟳ a seat for some top-notch extemporaneous shenanigans of all flavors – A Bedtime Gorey, Available Cupholders, Get⟳ Up, Squirrel Buddies, Known Wizards, The Frank Mills, All-Star Maestro, and many more – while munching on plate after plate of golden waffley goodness.”

“The first set⟳ of waffles was done. He put⟳ down his coffee and popped open⟳ the heavy iron⟳ griddle on the stove. Waffley goodness. Crisp golden circles with square indentations and a hint of darker color around the outside.”

““We were rudely interrupted by an earthquake,” Macey mumbled. The world really had it out for her. Every time she got close⟳ to eating some delicious waffley goodness, fate cruelly snatched that chance away.”

“When I was four years old, I woke my dad up with a simple but dead-serious request⟳: waffles, please⟳! I have⟳ been a Leslie Knope–level waffle fanatic since I knew what they were called, and, while Mom was putting in a twelve-hour shift at the hospital that Saturday morning, my hankering for waffley goodness was my wake-up call⟳ (and consequently, my dad’s too).”

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