different between fudge vs fudgily

English

Etymology

Probably a variant of fadge (“to fit”), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?d?/
• Rhymes: -?d?

Noun

fudge (countable and uncountable, plural fudges)

1. (chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
   1. (US) Chocolate fudge.

2. (uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
3. (countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
4. (uncountable, dated) A made-up story.

   Synonyms: nonsense, humbug; see also Thesaurus:nonsense

5. (countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.

Derived terms

• fudge factor
• fudge packer

Translations

Verb

fudge (third-person singular simple present fudges, present participle fudging, simple past and past participle fudged)

1. (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.

   Synonyms: waffle, equivocate, hedge

2. (transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.

3. (dated, transitive, intransitive) To botch or bungle something.
4. To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.

   Synonyms: cheat; see also Thesaurus:deceive

Derived terms

• fudger
• fudge wheel

Translations

Interjection

fudge

1. (colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.
2. (colloquial, archaic) Nonsense; tommyrot.

Translations

Further reading

• fudge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

English

Etymology

fudgy +? -ly

Adverb

fudgily (comparative more fudgily, superlative most fudgily)

1. (rare) With the use of fudges; inaccurately or misleadingly.
   • 1972, Ann Borkin, David Peterson, George Laxoff, Marina K Burt, Where the rules fail: a student's guide

     These nodes are treated, fudgily, as if they were terminal nodes.