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doodley

doodley is the alternative spelling of doodly.

Meaning of doodly

Adjective

doodly (comparative more doodly, superlative most doodly)

  1. 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[…]2007, Aidan Chambers, This Is All, page 257

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Forms of doodley

comparativemore doodley
superlativemost doodley

Questions about doodley

What is doodley the alternative spelling of?
Doodley is the alternative spelling of doodly.

Words near doodley in the dictionary

  1. doodler
  2. doodlers
  3. doodles
  4. doodlesack
  5. doodlesacks
  6. doodley
  7. doodley-squat
  8. doodling
  9. doodlings
  10. doodly
  11. doodly-squat

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