Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a silly or spoony manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a spoony manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
spoony way.
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Examples
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"spoonily" tender at the same time; and it lay deep in his character; for this wit and _bon-vivant_, the merriest and wittiest man of the company, would cry like a child, as the night drew on, and the talk grew serious.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics Various
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When she answers this question, sweetly, spoonily, her thoughts are only for West.
Culture | guardian.co.uk Rachel Cooke 2010
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