Dictionary

doodly en · ADJ

Etymology

From doodle + -y.

Meanings

1. 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:

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doodley

doodly en · NOUN

Etymology

From doodle + -y.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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:

Deriveds

doodly-squat