dottilyadv.

Brit.

/ˈdɒtᵻli/, U.S.

/ˈdɑdəli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dotty adj.², -ly suffix².

Etymology: < dotty adj.² + -ly suffix².

1. Esp. with reference to a horse: with a limping, uneven gait; unsteadily.Quot. 1999 is perhaps simply a contextual use of sense 2.

ΚΠ

1867 Baily's Monthly Mag. June 168 Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the style of Hermit, so stiffly, dottily did he move, without one particle of freedom or seeming power of extension in his stride.

1896 Racing Illustr. 10 June 563/2 The Docker—who from the rumours of a very dottily finished gallop drifted out until friendless in the market to 20 to 1—jumped off with the lead.

1999 T. Evans Don't walk in Long Grass iii. 57 Whatever it was would run dottily along the road in front, lurching from side to side.

2. In an eccentric manner; absurdly, crazily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adverb] > madly

woodlyc1000

madlyc1225

out of (by, from, of) wit or one's wit1470–85

bedlamlya1569

bedlamlike1576

distractedly1608

madling1608

monthly1611

brainsicklya1616

maddinglya1625

frenzilya1688

crazily1814

insanely1828

dementedly1844

off1866

hippomaniacally1876

pathologically1925

manically1927

dottily1937

feyly1959

kookily1968

nutso1980

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adverb]

stultitiously1536

preposterously?c1550

absurdly1559

ridiculously1563

fore-backwardlya1586

nonsensically1648

ad absurdum1656

nonsensely1656

fancifully1664

laughably1763

ridiculous1827

laughingly1843

dottily1937

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adverb] > in an idiotic manner

imbecilely1657

idiotically1678

dottily1937

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > eccentric or cranky

eccentrically1737

off-centre1876

dottily1937

wackily1961

kookily1968

1937 Daily Mail 12 June 16/5 She was sick for domesticity after all this time. ‘Dottily sentimental’ she told herself.

1978 Economist 4 Feb. 14/1 He is looking over his shoulder at his conservative fellow bishops in the Catholic hierarchy, for whom dottily enough he is not the spokesman.

2018 Australian (Nexis) 14 July 16 Young is obsessively, even dottily, concerned with her mixed-breed beef herd.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dottily
释义	dottilyadv. Brit. /ˈdɒtᵻli/, U.S. /ˈdɑdəli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dotty adj.², -ly suffix². Etymology: < dotty adj.² + -ly suffix². 1. Esp. with reference to a horse: with a limping, uneven gait; unsteadily.Quot. 1999 is perhaps simply a contextual use of sense 2. ΚΠ 1867 Baily's Monthly Mag. June 168 Nothing could be more unsatisfactory than the style of Hermit, so stiffly, dottily did he move, without one particle of freedom or seeming power of extension in his stride. 1896 Racing Illustr. 10 June 563/2 The Docker—who from the rumours of a very dottily finished gallop drifted out until friendless in the market to 20 to 1—jumped off with the lead. 1999 T. Evans Don't walk in Long Grass iii. 57 Whatever it was would run dottily along the road in front, lurching from side to side. 2. In an eccentric manner; absurdly, crazily. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adverb] > madly woodlyc1000 madlyc1225 out of (by, from, of) wit or one's wit1470–85 bedlamlya1569 bedlamlike1576 distractedly1608 madling1608 monthly1611 brainsicklya1616 maddinglya1625 frenzilya1688 crazily1814 insanely1828 dementedly1844 off1866 hippomaniacally1876 pathologically1925 manically1927 dottily1937 feyly1959 kookily1968 nutso1980 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adverb] stultitiously1536 preposterously?c1550 absurdly1559 ridiculously1563 fore-backwardlya1586 nonsensically1648 ad absurdum1656 nonsensely1656 fancifully1664 laughably1763 ridiculous1827 laughingly1843 dottily1937 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adverb] > in an idiotic manner imbecilely1657 idiotically1678 dottily1937 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > eccentric or cranky eccentrically1737 off-centre1876 dottily1937 wackily1961 kookily1968 1937 Daily Mail 12 June 16/5 She was sick for domesticity after all this time. ‘Dottily sentimental’ she told herself. 1978 Economist 4 Feb. 14/1 He is looking over his shoulder at his conservative fellow bishops in the Catholic hierarchy, for whom dottily enough he is not the spokesman. 2018 Australian (Nexis) 14 July 16 Young is obsessively, even dottily, concerned with her mixed-breed beef herd. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1867
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