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- Dictionarydally/ˈdali/
verb
- 1. act or move slowly: "she'd dallied upstairs long enough to put on a little make-up" Similar Opposite
- 2. have a casual romantic or sexual liaison with: "he should stop dallying with film stars" Similar
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1. a. : to act playfully. especially : to play amorously. b. : to deal lightly : toy. accused him of dallying with a serious problem. 2. a. : to waste time. b. : linger, dawdle. dallier noun. Did you know? The Evolution of Dally. English speakers have been playing with dally since the 14th century.
to waste time or do something slowly. See also. dilly-dally old-fashioned informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Delaying and wasting time. ado. busywork. buy time idiom. carry something over. dawdle. gridlock. inefficiency. inefficiently. kept. kick something into the long grass idiom. push. retardation.
Dally definition: to waste time; loiter; delay.. See examples of DALLY used in a sentence.
dally in British English. (ˈdælɪ ) verb Word forms: -lies, -lying, -lied (intransitive) 1. to waste time idly; dawdle. 2. (usually foll by with) to deal frivolously or lightly with; trifle; toy. to dally with someone's affections. Collins English Dictionary.
to waste time or do something slowly. See also. dilly-dally old-fashioned informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Delaying and wasting time. ado. busywork. buy time idiom. carry something over. dawdle. gridlock. holdup. inefficiency. inefficiently. kept. kick. pigeonhole. push. raincheck. retardation. set someone back (something)
Dally means “to waste time.” When you dally, you will cause a delay because of your dawdling. You have probably heard the expression "to dilly-dally" — which means “to dawdle.” Well, if you take the dilly out of dilly-dally to get just dally — you still have pretty much the same meaning.
1. To play amorously; flirt: My friend dallied with my cousin during the picnic. 2. To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy. See Synonyms at flirt. 3. To dawdle, delay, or linger: Don't dally or we'll miss the train. v.tr. To spend (time) idly: dally away the afternoon.
dally. to do something too slowly; to take too much time making a decision see also dilly-dally. Definition of dally verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To deal lightly or carelessly ( with ); trifle; toy. Webster's New World. To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy. American Heritage. To dawdle, delay, or linger. Don't dally or we'll miss the train. American Heritage. Similar definitions. To waste time; loiter. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
Definitions of 'dally' 1. If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time. [old-fashioned] [...] 2. If someone dallies with you, they have a romantic, but not serious, relationship with you. [old-fashioned] [...] More. Pronunciations of the word 'dally' British English: dæli American English: dæli. More. Conjugations of 'dally'
