dottily

1. 1.

   in a mildly insane manner

   “the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily”

   Synonymsdaftlybalmilynuttilywackily

Questions about dottily

What does dottily mean?

dottily means "in a mildly insane manner".

How many syllables are in dottily?

dottily has 3 syllables: dot-ti-ly. The stress falls on "dot".

What is another word for dottily?

Close synonyms include daftly, balmily, nuttily, wackily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dottily a common word?

dottily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.