doodly meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

doodly

adj

Etymology From doodle + -y.

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:

noun

Etymology From doodle + -y.

Diddly; nothing

"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.1988 March 11, John Holden, “Democracy with a small d: a plethora of referenda”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:

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