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Revision as of 04:01, 18 March 2026
English
Katakana Transliteration
- フロブリー・モブリー (furoburī moburī)
Adjective
frobly-mobly (comparative more frobly-mobly, superlative most frobly-mobly)
- Indifferently well; neither well nor unwell.
- 1674 Eng. dial. — Used to describe a middling or ambiguous state of health or condition.
Examples
- "How are you feeling today?" "Oh, just frobly-mobly, I suppose."
- The patient reported feeling frobly-mobly—nothing serious, but not quite right either.
Related terms
See also
- "Word #76 frobly mobly/etymology, meaning, pronunciation, examples/ A Word A Day Challenge 2021" by WinSun's English Academy
- [https://www.wordsandphrasesfromthepast.com/word-of-the-day/frobly-mobly "
FROBLY-MOBLY" Word & Phrases from the Past's Entry]