dilly
something or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.: a dilly of a movie.
Origin of dilly
1Words Nearby dilly
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How to use dilly in a sentence
After showing promise, she was plucked out and sent to Bletchley to work in the research unit run by dilly Knox.
Week in Death: The Woman Who Cracked Hitler’s Codes | The Telegraph | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter all, flu dilly-dallied last season, barely making a peep.
Flu Outbreak Spreads Across U.S. as Media Drops the Ball | Kent Sepkowitz | January 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWhy dilly-dally with teenage angst when you can bring on the Giant Robots, that was my motto.
When we entered Mr. dilly's drawing room, he found himself in the midst of a company he did not know.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of EducationHere we are frightened at names, dilly-dallying and quarreling over idle words, when a tremendous crisis calls for acts.
But its no use dilly-dallying, and Shultz may as well understand it.
The New Boys at Oakdale | Morgan ScottAnd your dad will be angry because you dilly-dallied so long.
The Inspector-General | Nicolay GogolFer if ther is, dilly Quinn an Bess are angels, sure as sure.
In Wild Rose Time | Amanda M. Douglas
British Dictionary definitions for dilly (1 of 2)
/ (ˈdɪlɪ) /
slang, mainly US and Canadian a person or thing that is remarkable
Origin of dilly
1British Dictionary definitions for dilly (2 of 2)
/ (ˈdɪlɪ) /
Australian and NZ slang silly
Origin of dilly
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