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dillydally
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Verb dillydally has 1 sense
- dillydally(v = verb.stative) dilly-dally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall - postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" is one way to delay
Derived form noun dillydallier1
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THESAURUS
dillydally
abide, await, bide, bide the issue, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dilly, doodle, drag, falter, flag, goof off, halt, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag, mark time, piddle, poke, put off, shilly-shally, sit tight, sit up, stay, stay up, stick around, take time, tarry, trail, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waste timeROGET THESAURUS
dillydally
Irresolution
VB be irresolute, hang in suspense, keep in suspense, leave "ad referendum", think twice about, pause, dawdle, remain neuter, dillydally, hesitate, boggle, hover, dacker, hum and haw, demur, not know one's own mind, debate, balance, dally with, coquet with, will and will not, chaser-balancer, go halfway, compromise, make a compromise, be thrown off one's balance, stagger like a drunken man, be afraid, let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would', falter, waver vacillate, change, retract, fluctuate, pendulate, alternate, keep off and on, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, shuffle, palter, blink, trim.
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