Explore Dotty through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like balmy or loco. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dotty in a sentence
Dotty meaning
- Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile.
- Having an unsteady gait.
Synonyms of Dotty
Using Dotty
- The main meaning on this page is: Mildly insane or eccentric; often, senile. | Having an unsteady gait.
- Useful related words include: balmy, loco, kookie, kooky.
- In the example corpus, dotty often appears in combinations such as: by dotty, dotty nist.
Context around Dotty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dotty
- In this selection, "dotty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, daughter, explained, dog, conspiracy, miller and julie stand out and add context to how "dotty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and every dotty conspiracy theory and doreen explained dotty s got. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dotty" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dotty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That was Peter and Dotty Miller - a couple separated by the coronavirus. (12 words)
Doreen explained: "Dotty's got a lovely long back garden which would be great for exercising. (16 words)
University of Wisconsin School of Nursing Student Keeley Johnson Crosby sits at home with her dog Dotty. (17 words)
Nicole and Henry have made a relatively soft landing in the warm embrace of her mother (the deliciously dotty Julie Hagerty) and her anxious but loving sister (Merritt Wever, memorable in a completely different role than her turn as a tough cop in ). (43 words)
Greene’s overt antisemitism, racism, and attachment to any and every dotty conspiracy theory which once got her chucked off any committee where she might do damage, has now been appointed by Speaker McCarthy to two high profile committees. (39 words)
Authors Marion Shaw and Sabine Vanacker in their book Reflecting on Miss Marple (1991) complained that the emphasis on the "dotty element in the character" missed entirely "the quietness and sharpness" that was admired in the novels. (37 words)
Example sentences (13)
Dotty is such a sweet gentle soul who loves playing with her kennel friends then snuggling in bed afterwards.
Dotty was left furious after discovering the house had instead been left to her enemy Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy).
Greene’s overt antisemitism, racism, and attachment to any and every dotty conspiracy theory which once got her chucked off any committee where she might do damage, has now been appointed by Speaker McCarthy to two high profile committees.
Laura Thompson from Henderson Group with Niamh Clarke (left) and her daughter Dotty to launch the 2023 Community Coffee Morning with Eurospar and Vivoxtra for Cancer Fund for Children.
Doreen explained: "Dotty's got a lovely long back garden which would be great for exercising.
That was Peter and Dotty Miller - a couple separated by the coronavirus.
University of Wisconsin School of Nursing Student Keeley Johnson Crosby sits at home with her dog Dotty.
Nicole and Henry have made a relatively soft landing in the warm embrace of her mother (the deliciously dotty Julie Hagerty) and her anxious but loving sister (Merritt Wever, memorable in a completely different role than her turn as a tough cop in ).
When the answer to insomnia is to be woken up every 3 minutes: It sounds dotty, but in the second part of.
Dotty Widman, right, helps Heather Morrison during the Fiber & Eggs Workshop at The Net Loft on Friday, May 4, 2018.
Authors Marion Shaw and Sabine Vanacker in their book Reflecting on Miss Marple (1991) complained that the emphasis on the "dotty element in the character" missed entirely "the quietness and sharpness" that was admired in the novels.
Only a small percentage of Western Front ( North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea ) traffic was in 'dotty' or 'dashy' Morse during the entire war.
Seemingly inseparable, these sweet-natured, dotty spinsters appear to have taken a fancy to Basil, feeling that they need to take care of him.
Common combinations with dotty
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- by dotty 2×
- dotty nist 2×