twaddly

He was far too busy for twaddly tea-fights and carping at hard-worked generals who were doing their best and a good best too.

Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement Harry Hamilton Johnston 1892

It wasn't anything like a Sunday School lesson (which were too often twaddly), but it was around when I listened to my mother read Bible stories, and when I was playing or thinking.

Sierra Highlands 2009

"And in short stories," said Lord Peter, "it has to be put in statement form, because the real conversation would be so long and twaddly and tedious, and nobody would have the patience to read it.

Whose Body? Dorothy Leigh 1923

"And in short stories," said Lord Peter, "it has to be put in statement form, because the real conversation would be so long and twaddly and tedious, and nobody would have the patience to read it.

Whose Body Sayers, Dorothy L. 1923