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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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The meaning of DALLY is to act playfully; especially : to play amorously. How to use dally in a sentence. The Evolution of Dally Synonym Discussion of Dally.
dally with someone's affections, at dally with someone; See all phrasal verb meanings
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.
dally with someone's affections, at dally with someone; See all phrasal verb meanings
Dally definition: to waste time; loiter; delay.. See examples of DALLY used in a sentence.
If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time. The bureaucrats dallied too long. He did not dally over the choice of a partner. If someone dallies with you, they have a romantic, but not serious, relationship with you. His character is a disc jockey who dallies with a female fan. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
To deal lightly or carelessly (with); trifle; toy. To consider or occupy oneself with something in a careless or unserious fashion; toy. To dawdle, delay, or linger. Don't dally or we'll miss the train. To waste time; loiter. Several wraps of rope around the saddle horn, used to stop animals in roping. Possibly from Spanish "da le la vuelta !"
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. To spend (time) idly: dally away the afternoon.
Definition of dally verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DALLY meaning: 1 : to do something slowly or too slowly; 2 : to do or think about (something) in a way that is not serious
