Cloddily

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a cloddy manner.

    "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 […]"

Example

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"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 […]"

Etymology

From cloddy + -ly.

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