doodly

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English

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Etymology

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From doodle +‎ -ly.

Adjective

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doodly (comparative more doodly, superlative most doodly)

  1. Like a doodle; scribbly.
    • 2007, Aidan Chambers, This Is All, page 257:
      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 []

Noun

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doodly (uncountable)

  1. Diddly; nothing
    • 1988 March 11, John Holden, “Democracy with a small d: a plethora of referenda”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
      "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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