"milquetoastedly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more milquetoastedly [comparative], most milquetoastedly [superlative]
Etymology: From milquetoasted + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|milquetoasted|ly}} milquetoasted + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} milquetoastedly (comparative more milquetoastedly, superlative most milquetoastedly)
  1. (rare) In a milquetoasted manner. Tags: rare
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          "ref": "1984 August 26, James Tallon, “Confessions of a Mexican food addict”, in Arizona (The Arizona Republic), Phoenix, Ariz., page 17, column 1:",
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          "text": "Elon Musk accused the band [Green Day] of going \"from raging against the machine to milquetoastedly raging for it\" after [Billie Joe] Amstrong swapped a line in the song “American Idiot,” changing it from \"I'm not a part of a redneck agenda\" to \"I'm not a part of the MAGA agenda.”",
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