Daidlie

/ˈdeɪdli/ adverb

Definition

In a daidling manner; slowly, aimlessly, or while wasting time (Scottish dialect).

Etymology

The adverbial form of daidle, created by modifying the verb stem with the -ie or -ly ending common in Scottish dialect.

Kelly Says

Different English dialects create adverbs differently—while Standard English uses '-ly', Scottish often preferred '-ie', showing how rich and varied English regional speech has always been!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ዳይዲሊ
dai-di-lee
ARالعربية
دايدلي
da-id-lee
BNবাংলা
ডেইডলি
dei-d-lee
CACatalà
daidlie
da-id-lee
CSČeština
daidlie
da-id-lee
DADansk
daidlie
da-id-lee
DEDeutsch
daidlie
da-id-lee
ELΕλληνικά
Δαΐντιλι
da-id-lee
ESEspañol
daidlie
da-id-lee
FAفارسی
دایدلی
da-id-lee
FISuomi
daidlie
da-id-lee
FRFrançais
daidlie
da-id-lee
GUGU
ડાઇડલી
dai-d-lee
HAHA
daidlie
da-id-lee
HEעברית
דיידלי
dai-d-lee
HIहिन्दी
डैडली
da-id-lee
HUMagyar
daidlie
da-id-lee
IDBahasa Indonesia
daidlie
da-id-lee
IGIG
daidlie
da-id-lee
ITItaliano
daidlie
da-id-lee
JA日本語
デイディリー
dei-di-ree
KKKK
дайдилі
dai-di-lee
KMKM
ដាយឌីលី
da-i-di-lee
KO한국어
다이딜리
dai-di-lee
MRMR
डॅडली
da-d-lee
MSBahasa Melayu
daidlie
da-id-lee
MYမြန်မာ
ဒေးဒီလီ
dei-dee-lee
NLNederlands
daidlie
da-id-lee
NONorsk
daidlie
da-id-lee
PAPA
ਦਾਇਡਲੀ
dai-d-lee
PLPolski
daidlie
da-id-lee
PTPortuguês
daidlie
da-id-lee
RORomână
daidlie
da-id-lee
RUРусский
даидлии
da-id-lii
SVSvenska
daidlie
da-id-lee
SWKiswahili
daidlie
da-id-lee
TAதமிழ்
டெய்டிலி
tei-di-lee
TEతెలుగు
డైడీలి
dai-dee-lee
THไทย
เดดลี่
de-d-lee
TLTL
daidlie
da-id-lee
TRTürkçe
daidlie
da-id-lee
UKУкраїнська
дайділі
dai-di-lee
URاردو
ڈیڈلی
dai-d-lee
VITiếng Việt
daidlie
da-id-lee
YOYO
daidlie
da-id-lee
ZH中文
戴迪莉
dài dì lì
ZUZU
daidlie
da-id-lee

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