Thesaurus / dilly-dally
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"I wouldn't dilly-dally long if I were you," said Harkless, and his advice seemed good to the shell-men.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANABOOTH TARKINGTONThere will be some real shooting here if you dilly-dally any longer.
THE PONY RIDER BOYS ON THE BLUE RIDGEFRANK GEE PATCHINSome foolish fish always dilly-dally up-stream till the ice shuts them in.
THE STORY OF THE TRAPPERA. C. LAUTUncle says he's going express hereafter; he says no more dilly-dally voyages for him.
SEEING FRANCE WITH UNCLE JOHNANNE WARNERHe says it was one o' them plans as dilly-dally is death on.
SUSAN CLEGG AND HER NEIGHBORS' AFFAIRSANNE WARNERHe sed it was jest this dilly-dally policy that had ruined us.
LETTERS OF MAJOR JACK DOWNING, OF THE DOWNINGVILLE MILITIASEBA SMITHSpain continued to dilly-dally and evade the question of her responsibility.
CUBAARTHUR D. HALLIt also means, to trifle, to dilly-dally, to go round about a subject.
THE PROVERBS OF SCOTLANDALEXANDER HISLOPDaidle, to dilly-dally, to do a thing in a slow, sluggish manner.
THE PROVERBS OF SCOTLANDALEXANDER HISLOPWORDS RELATED TO DILLY-DALLY
- amuse oneself
- be insincere
- coquet
- dabble
- dally
- dawdle
- dilly-dally
- doodle
- fidget
- flirt
- fool
- fool around
- fool with
- fribble
- fritter
- futz around
- horse around
- idle
- indulge in
- lead on
- loiter
- lollygag
- lounge
- mess with
- misuse
- monkey
- monkey with
- palter
- philander
- play
- play games with
- play with
- potter
- putter
- squander
- string along
- toy
- twiddle
- use up
- wanton
- waste
- waste time
- wink at
- amused oneself
- coqueted
- dabbled
- dallied
- dawdled
- dilly-dallied
- doodled
- fidgeted
- flirted
- fool around
- fool with
- fooled
- fribbled
- frittered
- futz around
- horse around
- idled
- indulged in
- led on
- loitered
- lollygaged
- lounged
- mess with
- misused
- monkey with
- monkeyed
- paltered
- philandered
- played
- played games with
- played with
- pottered
- puttered
- squandered
- string along
- toyed
- twiddled
- used up
- wantoned
- was insincere
- waste time
- wasted
- wink at
- be irresolute
- be unable to decide
- blow hot and cold
- change
- deliberate
- dilly-dally
- dither
- falter
- flicker
- fluctuate
- halt
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hesitate
- oscillate
- palter
- pause
- pussyfoot around
- quiver
- reel
- run hot and cold
- seesaw
- shake
- stagger
- sway
- teeter
- totter
- tremble
- trim
- undulate
- vacillate
- vary
- waffle
- wave
- weave
- whiffle
- wobble
- yo-yo
- blew hot and cold
- changed
- deliberated
- dilly-dallied
- dithered
- faltered
- flickered
- fluctuated
- halted
- hedged
- hem and haw
- hesitated
- oscillated
- paltered
- paused
- pussyfooted around
- quivered
- ran hot and cold
- reeled
- seesawed
- shook
- staggered
- swayed
- teetered
- tottered
- trembled
- trimmed
- undulated
- vacillated
- varied
- waffled
- was irresolute
- was unable to decided
- waved
- weaved
- whiffled
- wobbled
- yo-yoed
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