doodly
English
Etymology
doodle + -ly
Adjective
doodly (comparative more doodly, superlative most doodly)
- 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 […]
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Noun
doodly (uncountable)
- Diddly; nothing
- 1988 March 11, John Holden, “Democracy with a small d: a plethora of referenda”, in Chicago Reader:
- "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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