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adv. - In a mildly insane manner.

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Usage examples (6)
  • The old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily
  • I imagine that if I found myself in an airport with Fitz, I would be beaming more or less dottily in his direction too.
  • She remembered Kanner -- remembered, also, Caris 'uneasiness at operating without a master, or with only the dottily masterful Antryg to give him orders.
  • Husband Myron, played particularly dottily by Derek Boyes, is too wrapped up in dreams of winning lottery tickets to intervene in the family's dramas, while grandpa...
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