Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a nodding manner; with a nod or nods.
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- adverb With a
nodding motion, possibly expressingagreement .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the end Stewart asked Hayes if his book was pretty much bullshit and Hayes had to noddingly agree.
Think Progress » Cheney Chooses Chief Propagator of False Iraq-9/11 Link To Be Official Biographer 2006
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The "0 comments" makes me feel lonely; I just want to say I read you faithfully and avidly, eagerly and noddingly.
Heavy Weather Bruce Schauble 2006
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At the end Stewart asked Hayes if his book was pretty much bullshit and Hayes had to noddingly agree.
Think Progress » Cheney Chooses Chief Propagator of False Iraq-9/11 Link To Be Official Biographer 2006
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I glanced at the four guards, but none were more than noddingly familiar, then back to Krystal.
The Death of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 1995
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The senior shook his head incredulously; Iglesias shook his head noddingly.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 Various
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Hence when Mr. Brooke noddingly appealed to that motive, Sir James felt a sudden embarrassment; there was a stoppage in his throat; he even blushed.
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Hence when Mr. Brooke noddingly appealed to that motive, Sir James felt a sudden embarrassment; there was
Middlemarch 1871
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Hence when Mr. Brooke noddingly appealed to that motive, Sir James felt
Middlemarch George Eliot 1849
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Rarely has a generation's problems been put so succinctly, and so head-noddingly, into song.
JamBase 2009
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Of course, we can also rest assured that Goldberg will never even noddingly acknowledge that the chief leg of his argument has in fact been thoroughly knocked down.
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