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(dăl'ē) 
v., -lied, -ly·ing, -lies. v.intr.
To waste (time).
dallyingly dal'ly·ing·ly adv.
v., -lied, -ly·ing, -lies. v.intr.
- To play amorously; flirt: "Sylvester dallied about Lena until he began to make mistakes in his work" (Willa Cather). See synonyms at flirt.
- To trifle; toy.
- To waste time; dawdle.
To waste (time).
[Middle English dalien, from Old French dalier.]
dallier dal'li·er n.dallyingly dal'ly·ing·ly adv.
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dally
verb
- To make amorous advances without serious intentions: coquet, flirt, toy, trifle. See sex/asexual.
- To treat lightly or flippantly: flirt, play, toy, trifle. See work/play.
- To go or move slowly so that progress is hindered: dawdle, delay, dilly-dally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, poke, procrastinate, tarry, trail. Idioms: drag one'sfeetheels, mark time, take one's time. See fast/slow/velocity.
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IN BRIEF: To deal with or treat in a half serious or playful way.
The team was concerned when Lucille was picked to score the crucial point as she had a tendency to dally.
Tutor's tip: Dad liked to "dally" (to waste time) before work with the "daily" (happening every day) newspaper.
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Dally
Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - pjanke, fjase
v. tr. - lege med
Nederlands (Dutch)
lanterfanten, treuzelen, stoeien, flirten
Français (French)
v. intr. - lambiner, traîner (sur, dans qch) (arch), badiner (amoureusement) (arch)
v. tr. - traîner sur
Deutsch (German)
v. - bummeln, trödeln, leichtfertig umgehen, tändeln
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παίζω, αντιμετωπίζω επιπόλαια, χασομερώ
Português (Portuguese)
v. - perder tempo
Русский (Russian)
флиртовать, вынашивать
Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - tardar, perder el tiempo, coquetear
v. tr. - perder el tiempo
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - flirta, söla
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
嬉戏, 轻率的对待, 调情, 游荡, 浪费
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 嬉戲, 輕率的對待, 調情, 遊蕩
v. tr. - 浪費
한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 장난치다, 빈둥대다
v. tr. - 낭비하다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - ふざける, もてあそぶ, ぐずぐずして失う
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يداعب, يعبث
עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - התבטל, התמזמז, התעסק, פלירטט, השתעשע
v. tr. - דחה
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