dotty
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Lise has run-ins with other passengers aboard her flight and, once at her destination, befriends a bumbling, dotty widow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Then, in 2024, he had to have the dotty idea to throw himself into contention for the vice presidency.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2026
"So far I've played this dotty little Welsh woman. They'll just see me as a little bit clueless," local government officer Fiona, 62, from Swansea, admitted.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2026
Versatile and assured, Sternhagen played women who were folksy, regal, plain-spoken and glamorous, although she had a special fondness for dotty eccentrics and snobby patricians.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2023
"I won't be able to talk to you much once we're in the Dining-Room. If I do, people will think I'm dotty and talking to myself."
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
He has, however, replaced it with one that is, if anything, even dottier.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2011
The whole idea – driven, apparently, by the need to get more southern bums on northern seats to fulfil contract pledges – couldn't be dottier.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 24, 2010
When Heartbreak House was presented last week under Welles's direction and with himself in the leading role of 88-year-old Captain Shotover, even the dottiest Mercury fan could not help having qualms.
From Time Magazine Archive
