| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a dabbling manner.[Websters]
2. In a soused manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a palatalized manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a disturbing or perturbing manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a labouring or labored manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a dappled manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a dashing manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a bungling or botched manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a vexed or irritating manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective dabbling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Dabbling) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb dabble.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (dabble) | 1. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid.[Wordnet]. 2. Play in or as if in water, as of small children.[Wordnet]. 3. Work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy".[Wordnet]. 4. Bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water.[Wordnet]. 5. Work with in a non-serious manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments bu he never makes any money".[Wordnet]. 6. To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet.[Websters]. 7. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.[Websters]. 8. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle.[Websters]. 9. Base verb from the following inflections: dabbling, dabbled, dabbles, dabbler, dabblers, dabblingly and dabbledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
"DABBLINGLY" is a common misspelling or typo for: drabblingly. |
Date "DABBLINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: dabble
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Verb] Literally, to dip a little or often; hence, to wet; to moisten; to spatter; to wet by little dips or strokes; to sprinkle.. | 2: [Verb] To play in water; to dip the hands, throw water and splash about; to play in mud and water.. | 3: [Verb] To do any thing in a slight or superficial manner; to tamper; to touch here and there. You have, I think, been dabbling with the text. Atterbury.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| 19th Century Satire | V. t., To play in water. DABBLE IN STOCKS--Same thing. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. | ||
| Administration | To bob forward and under in shallow water so as to feed off the bottom. (references) | ||
| Aerospace | See double-dabble. (references) | ||
| Health | Use drugs occasionally. (references) | ||
| Literature | Dabble To dabble in the funds; to dabble in politics - i.e. to do something in them in a small way. (Dutch, dabbelen, our dip and tap.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Verb] (intransitive) To participate or have an interest in, but not so seriously. She's an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry. (references) | 2: [Verb] (transitive) To partially wet (something) by splashing or dipping; connotes playfulness. The children sat on the dock and dabbled their feet in the water. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: dabble | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Double dabble | 12 | Dabble | 4 | |
| Dibble Dabble | 4 | Dabble DB | 3 | |
| Dabble | 4 | Dibble Dabble | 4 | |
| Dabble DB | 3 | Double dabble | 12 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
