I. ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdandē, -ˈdaan-, -ndi noun
Etymology: Middle English, something held in a clasped hand, by reduplication from hand
now dialect England : a child's game in which one child guesses in which closed hand another holds some small object
II. adverb
dialect Britain : with quick alternation of place, circumstance, or condition