Antonyms for dilly-dally
| Grammar : Verb |
Definition of dilly-dally
Origin :- 1741, probably a reduplication of dally. Related: Dilly-dallying.
- verb waste time
- It also means, to trifle, to dilly-dally, to go round about a subject.
- Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
- Daidle, to dilly-dally, to do a thing in a slow, sluggish manner.
- Extract from : « The Proverbs of Scotland » by Alexander Hislop
- There will be some real shooting here if you dilly-dally any longer.
- Extract from : « The Pony Rider Boys on the Blue Ridge » by Frank Gee Patchin
- He sed it was jest this dilly-dally policy that had ruined us.
- Extract from : « Letters of Major Jack Downing, of the Downingville Militia » by Seba Smith
- Spain continued to dilly-dally and evade the question of her responsibility.
- Extract from : « Cuba » by Arthur D. Hall
- He says it was one o' them plans as dilly-dally is death on.
- Extract from : « Susan Clegg and Her Neighbors' Affairs » by Anne Warner
Synonyms for dilly-dally
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