cloddily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cloddy +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

cloddily (comparative more cloddily, superlative most cloddily)

  1. In a cloddy manner.
    • 1839, James Main, The Young Farmer's Manual, page 64:
      If the weather be wet while the turnips are feeding off, the ground breaks up very cloddily: in which case, if the roller does not reduce the clods, it will require to be stirred again and again with the plough […]
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