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Meaning of "twiddly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TWIDDLY

twiddly  [ˈtwɪdlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TWIDDLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Twiddly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TWIDDLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of twiddly in the English dictionary

The definition of twiddly in the dictionary is characterised by or involving twiddling.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TWIDDLY


admittedly
ədˈmɪtɪdlɪ
allegedly
əˈlɛdʒɪdlɪ
decidedly
dɪˈsaɪdɪdlɪ
excitedly
ɪkˈsaɪtɪdlɪ
hurriedly
ˈhʌrɪdlɪ
languidly
ˈlæŋɡwɪdlɪ
liquidly
ˈlɪkwɪdlɪ
markedly
ˈmɑːkɪdlɪ
rapidly
ˈræpɪdlɪ
repeatedly
rɪˈpiːtɪdlɪ
reportedly
rɪˈpɔːtɪdlɪ
Ridley
ˈrɪdlɪ
solidly
ˈsɒlɪdlɪ
stupidly
ˈstjuːpɪdlɪ
supposedly
səˈpəʊzɪdlɪ
undoubtedly
ʌnˈdaʊtɪdlɪ
unexpectedly
ˌʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdlɪ
vividly
ˈvɪvɪdlɪ
wholeheartedly
ˌhəʊlˈhɑːtɪdlɪ
widely
ˈwaɪdlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TWIDDLY

twibill
twice
twice-laid
twice-told
twicer
twichild
twichildren
Twickenham
twiddle
twiddler
twiforked
twiformed
twig
twigged
twiggen
twigger
twiggier
twiggiest
twigging
twiggy

WORDS THAT END LIKE TWIDDLY

badly
cuddly
deadly
diddly
fiddly
friendly
hardly
kindly
muddly
oddly
piddly
proudly
puddly
sadly
secondly
tiddly
to put it mildly
twaddly
user-friendly
waddly

Synonyms and antonyms of twiddly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «twiddly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TWIDDLY

Find out the translation of twiddly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of twiddly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «twiddly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

twiddly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

twiddly
570 millions of speakers

English

twiddly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

twiddly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

twiddly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

twiddly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

twiddly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

twiddly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Twiddly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dua belas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

twiddly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

twiddly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

twiddly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Twiddly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

twiddly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

twiddly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Twiddly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

twiddly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

twiddly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

twiddly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

twiddly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

twiddly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

twiddly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twiddly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

twiddly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

twiddly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of twiddly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TWIDDLY»

The term «twiddly» is normally little used and occupies the 135.495 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TWIDDLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about twiddly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TWIDDLY»

Discover the use of twiddly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to twiddly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cupid Stunts:The Life & Radio Times Of Kenny Everett
“I love going to the Beatles' sessions, because you can see them sitting there playing, gettingall the twiddly bits right.” Kenny,fromhis longhours inthe Wireless Workshop, knew alltherewas to know about twiddly bits. Indeed, if all there had ...
David Stafford, Caroline Stafford, 2013
2
First Book
I am staring into space with my eyes closed. I am staring into space with my eyes closed. UNTITLED 9 I hate the world and the world hates me, Twiddly twiddly twiddly twiddly dee. THE COMPENSATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY There is nothing in ...
John Hoggett, 2011
3
Dead Portraits in a Living Room
Twiddly twiddly this time—me caugh If a call, you call Come off the wall Come out the mall Don't bother stall Come take saal If a call, you call Come off the wall Come out the mall Don't bother stall Come take saal A lesson in the tree and the  ...
Gregory Wilson, 2011
4
MacNamara's Woman
Twiddly Dee and Twiddly Dumb both nodded. C.J. forced himself to stand loose and keep the grin on his face. It was Wednesday night, and on a Wednesday night of all nights, he didn't want a fight in the middle of his joint. But principles were ...
Alicia Scott, 2011
5
Lying about the Wolf: Essays in Culture and Education
As infants they began with Christmas-gift board games which they referred to as “ twiddly hockey.” Later on they took to the street where they devoted themselves to what they called “piddly hockey,” graduating eventually to the rinks where they  ...
David Solway, 1997
6
Basic Vision: An Introduction to Visual Perception
Box continues. . . hot. So now you want your tap to do two things—you want it to be able to increase and decrease the amount of water, and you want to vary the temperature. And you can't do that with just one tap with a twiddly knob on the top .
Robert Snowden, Robert J. Snowden, Peter Thompson, 2012
7
Sound of Music
An online vendor of midi loop libraries explained its name, Twiddly.Bits: "Twiddly Bit" is a musical term, used primarily in Jazz but applicable to any style, used to describe a short improvised part. A producer or conductor might ask a musician ...
Stephen Gislason
8
Valve Amplifiers
... pair, and sequentially test all the other valves against this reference. The valves with closest anode voltages are in pairs. The Essential Twiddly Bits We have made the broad brushstrokes, and chosen our stage topology, valve type, anode ...
Morgan Jones, 2011
9
Tropical Fish Hobbyist
Everything was too perfect, too beautiful. It seems that in nature, for every beautiful thing there is something equally ugly to offset it, and now, with Twiddly gone, the aquarium was just another pretty thing, and our interest in it began to lag.
‎1968
10
Untitled
... a knob the operators can focus on a tiny amount of airspace or scan the whole area. twiddly /"twId.l0.i, -li/ adjective informal curly or decorative, especially in an unnecessary way: The frame has twiddly bits at the corners which get very dusty.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TWIDDLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term twiddly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hot Pants, Glitter And Alan Lomax: How A Rising Singer Found Folk …
"I didn't know it had to be with guitars and twiddly-dee fiddles." The 34-year-old London native, who grew up in a Jewish family, doesn't try to force beats or ... «WUNC, Jul 15»
2
The seven wonders of the English seaside
"This mock-Mughal extravaganza is a riot of jelly-mould domes and twiddly minarets," says Louise Roddon, our Brighton expert. "The best, most excessive bits ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
SUM IDEA brings more 'Eureka!' moments to iOS
Today, UK mobile game developer, Twiddly Studio, crams in even more content to the logic, number puzzle, SUM IDEA, with a free update containing 20 ... «Gamasutra, Jul 15»
4
Joe Goddard's favourite synths
Twiddly: the Cwejman S1. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Twiddly: the Cwejman S1. The first modular synthesizer that I bought, which is the “trendy” thing in the ... «The Guardian, May 15»
5
Emo, no longer rock music's dirtiest word
Sheffield band Nai Harvest, meanwhile, used to play twiddly emo in the American Football mould, but on their recent album have ditched that sound for anthemic ... «The Guardian, May 15»
6
Kitty Fisher's, London W1, restaurant review
Kitty Fisher's has the bare minimum of everything – of space, of cushions, of twiddly bits, of natural light. A Strada couldn't get away with looking like this, but ... «Telegraph.co.uk, May 15»
7
Glasgow gets ready to rock
"But there are things, like the twiddly bits at the end of 'Sultans,' - well, if you don't do your twiddly bits, the world's not right for people." Black Grape: The ... «Glasgow Evening Times, May 15»
8
What is the best folding bike on the market?
... the others seem to have little bits that don't fit so neatly. That said, the little twiddly knobs feel a bit old-school; I preferred the fast-release joints on the Tern.” ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
9
SUM IDEA for iOS - Inventive Number Puzzler from Twiddly Studio …
SUM IDEA for iOS - Inventive Number Puzzler from Twiddly Studio launches 26th ... Twiddly Studio has announced that they will be releasing the upcoming logic ... «Gamasutra, Feb 15»
10
Nai Harvest announce new album, share 'Sick On My Heart'
The first track to be revealed from 'Hairball' is the insatiable surf-punk of 'Sick On My Heart', shedding every last remnant of their twiddly emo beginnings in ... «DIY Magazine, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Twiddly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/twiddly>. May 2024 ».
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