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dillydally

/ˈdɪɫiˈdæɫi/ verb

Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.

Word Origin Dillydally is a playful, sing-song way of saying 'dally', which comes from Old French 'daillier' meaning to dawdle or linger. It's a reduplication — like 'shilly-shally' — that stretches out the word just like the action stretches out time. The base 'dally' also gives us 'dalliance' (a casual romantic fling, literally a 'lingering').

verb Alternative spelling of dilly-dally.

Don't dillydally; we need to leave now to catch the train.

(动词) dilly-dally的变体拼写

别磨蹭了；我们现在必须出发去赶火车。

(verbo) Ortografía alternativa de dilly-dally (perder el tiempo, andar con rodeos).

No te detengas; necesitamos salir ahora para alcanzar el tren.

(verbe) lambiner; flâner; traîner; trainasser [Variante orthographique de « dilly-dally » ; hésiter, perdre son temps, traînasser.]

Ne lambine pas ; il faut partir maintenant pour attraper le train.

(Verb) trödeln; bummeln; herumtrödeln; trödeln und zaudern [Eine alternative Schreibweise für *dilly-dally*; das unnötige Verzögern oder Zeitverschwendung durch Zögern.]

Dillydally nicht, wir müssen jetzt los, um den Zug zu erwischen.

(動詞) ぐずぐずする、ぶらぶらして時間を無駄にする（dilly-dally の別綴り）。

ぐずぐずしないで。列車に間に合うよう今すぐ出発しなきゃ。

(verbo) enrolar; perder tempo; ficar enrolando [Grafia alternativa de dilly-dally (perder tempo, enrolar).]

Não fique enrolando; precisamos sair agora para pegar o trem.

Synonyms: dilly-dally dawdle procrastinate delay loiter lollygag lag tarry Antonyms: hurry rush speed dash
Word parts: dilly + dally

Related words

dally dalliance

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