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dilly-dally - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dilly-dally' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dilly-dally [ v. i.]
- To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

Meaning of 'dilly-dally' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dilly-dally [ v]
Meaning (1):
- postpone doing what one should be doing
Example in sentence:
  • He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days

Nearby Words:

dilacerate dilacerated dilacerating dilaceration dilaniate dilaniation dilapidate dilapidated dilapidating dilapidation

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