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dot·ty (d

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adj. dot·ti·er, dot·ti·est

a. Mentally unbalanced; crazy.

b. Amusingly eccentric or unconventional.

c. Ridiculous or absurd: a dotty scheme.

2. Having a feeble or unsteady gait; shaky.

3. Obsessively infatuated or enamored.

[Probably alteration of Scots dottle, silly, from Middle English doten, to dote.]

dotti·ly adv.

dotti·ness n.

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Adv.

dottily - in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to behave quite dottily"

balmily, daftly, nuttily, wackily

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