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doodly

adj

Etymology

From doodle + -y.

  1. borrowed from dudeldopp — “simpleton”
  2. formed as doodly — “doodle + -y”

Definitions

  1. Like a doodle

    Like a doodle; scribbly.

    • I chose a glazed pottery egg, partly because I liked the weight of it — heavy for its size — and because it sat so neatly in my hand, but mainly because I liked the strange doodly pattern drawn on it in greys and washed-out blues[…]

  2. Diddly

    Diddly; nothing

    • "Personally, I don't think these general referendum questions will do doodly to increase voter turnout," said Chicago Board of Election Commissioners spokesman Tom Leach.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA