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dally
[dal-ee]
verb (used without object)
to waste time; loiter; delay.
to act playfully, especially in an amorous or flirtatious way.
Synonyms: , ,to play mockingly; trifle.
to dally with danger.
Synonyms:
verb (used with object)
to waste (time) (usually followed byaway ).
dally
/ ˈæɪ /
verb
to waste time idly; dawdle
(usually foll by with) to deal frivolously or lightly with; trifle; toy
to dally with someone's affections
Other 51Թ Forms
- dallier noun
- dallyingly adverb
- undallying adjective
- ˈ岹 noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dally1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dally1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
I have been dallying and making a gluten-free french toast with some nice seeds, vanilla, cinnamon and berries.
He must surely know by now - but this needless dallying around the edge of the subject is now becoming faintly farcical.
Having no wish to dally, he continued steadily northward.
Rabbi Matondo then spurned a big chance to double Rangers' lead on the brink of half-time, dallying on the ball and allowing Atkinson to get back and block the shot.
Arsenal went into half-time with 15 attempts at goal, of which only three were on target, and the second half started with Odegaard dallying on another chance.
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