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  • adverb In a nerdish manner.

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nerdish +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • There are some hugely funny bits, and some inspiring bits, and some nerdishly interesting bits, and some bits that read like essays in the New Yorker which in fact two of the chapters were.

    Bossypants by Tina Fey – review 2011

  • Bielsa, a man who spends hours in front of football DVDs nerdishly analysing tactics and hatching future plans, is likely to stick with his favoured 3-3-1-3 formation, pressing Brazil high up the pitch and hoping to break up their rhythm as well as hitting them fast on the counter.

    World Cup 2010: Confident Chile say they will attack Brazil 2010

  • If we are going to be nerdishly picky about this, it isn't exactly the same dress on all three publications.

    How did the same dress get on the covers of W, Elle and Vogue? 2010

  • Live coverage of the House of Representatives voting on H.R. 3962 the \ "Affordable Health Care for America Act. \" Was my rush to watch this nerdishly wonky?

    D. Brad Wright: Health Reform: Mission 60% Accomplished 2009

  • (Of course, Kimmelman nerdishly buys his "first pair of hiking boots ... on the Upper West Side of Manhattan" in order to do so.)

    Ways Of Looking 2008

  • But she had to be the sort of person who would nerdishly craft prose like that to please a precociously literary young man.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Ann Althouse 2007

  • A bit of a debate here about the male-ness of cycling. some say it's excessively, even nerdishly blokey.

    Sport news, comment and results | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • For me part of the pleasure has been sitting down as a family to share an experience - more important than navel gaving or nerdishly examining every nuance of every episode.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • This is probably just going to confirm to all who thought I was slightly off kilter that I am in fact full blown nerdishly weird, but oh well.

    [Help] Most Recent Posts 2010

  • - Apple's done something weird, and yet nerdishly cool at the same time: It's hired a Senior Prototype Scientist with expertise in wearable computing.

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now Caroline McCarthy 2010

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