wafflyadj.
/ˈwɒfl̩i/, /ˈwɒfli/, U.S. /ˈwɑf(ə)li/ 1. Wavering, vacillating, imprecise.
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1890 J. Service Thir Notandums xix. 125 Let the waffly body tak ocht I hae written and mak a kirk or a mill o't as pleases himsel'.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 149 Waffly,..wavering, undecided, shaky, not coherent.
1957 Economist 23 Nov. 673/2 The Labour party's attitude to the federation has always been waffly.
2. Characterized by or indulging in waffling speech or writing.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] > waffling or rambling
rambling1693
waffling1698
maundering1850
wittering1886
waffly1964
1964 Economist 16 May 691/2 Mr. Duncan Sandys could never be called a waffly man.
1978 Times 18 Nov. 11/8 I thought the first part about the World Tree and the Green Man a little thin and waffly.
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