maundering

She should find that there was no maundering softness with him now.

Robert listened to his maundering account of his adventure with the Bank money, sternly replenishing his glass.

And it's another thing to take down the gibberish of a maundering mad monster who ought to be kept in a cage.

He let his cigar go out again, and his head sank upon his hands as he stared in a maundering way at the cabin door.

Stewards, three days out, are not in the habit of falling in love with their charges (Maundering and Drool notwithstanding).