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dal⋅ly
[dal-ee]
verb, -lied, -ly⋅ing.–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to waste time; loiter; delay. |
| 2. | to act playfully, esp. in an amorous or flirtatious way. |
| 3. | to play mockingly; trifle: to dally with danger. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to waste (time) (usually fol. by away). |
Origin:
1250–1300; ME dalien < AF dalier to chat, of uncert. orig.
1250–1300; ME dalien < AF dalier to chat, of uncert. orig.

Related forms:
dal⋅li⋅er, noun
dal⋅ly⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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dal·ly (dāl'ē) v. dal·lied, dal·ly·ing, dal·lies v. intr.
To waste (time). [Middle English dalien, from Old French dalier.] dal'li·er n., dal'ly·ing·ly adv. |
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Dally
Dal"ly\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied; p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying.] [OE. ?alien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. --Calamy. We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. --Barrow. 2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport. Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. --Shak. Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. --Shak.Dally
Dal"ly\, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away. Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. --Knolles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : dally
Spanish:
tardar,
German:
trödeln,
Japanese:
ぐずぐずする
dally
c.1300, possibly from Anglo-Fr. dalier "to amuse oneself," of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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