DOTTILY

daftly, dottily, balmily, nuttily, wackily

(adverb) in a mildly insane manner; “the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

dottily (comparative more dottily, superlative most dottily)

In a dotty manner.

Source: Wiktionary


DOTTY

Dot"ty, a. [From 2d Dot.]

1. Composed of, or characterized by, dots.

2. [Perh. a different word; cf. Totty.] Unsteady in gait; hence, feeble; half-witted. [Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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