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dally - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dally' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dally [ v. i.]
- To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
- To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
2 . Dally [ v. t.]
- To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

Meaning of 'dally' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dally [ v]
Meaning (1):
- waste time
Example in sentence:
  • Get busy--don't dally!
Meaning (2):
- consider not very seriously
Example in sentence:
  • He is trifling with her;
  • She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania
Meaning (3):
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Example in sentence:
  • My husband never flirts with other women;
  • The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries
Meaning (4):
- behave carelessly or indifferently
Example in sentence:
  • Play about with a young girl's affection

Nearby Words:

dal dal segno dale dalesman dalesmen dalf dalliance dallied dallier dallop

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