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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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12 words match “DALLY”

DALLY v. 3 definitions
ay 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.
DILLY-DALLY v.
To loiter or trifle; to waste time.
FEUDALLY adv.
In a feudal manner.
HEBDOMADALLY adv.
In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell.
MODALLY adv.
In a modal manner. A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally ... by the particles "as" and "so." Gibbs.
PYRAMIDALLY adv.
Like a pyramid.
SIGMOIDALLY adv.
In a sigmoidal manner.
DALLIANCE n.
The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch the rein. Shak. O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strifeTennyson.
DANDLE v.
o put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.] Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. Spenser.
HOLD v.
ehoods, And hold a lady in hand. Beaw. & Fl. --To hold in play, to keep under control; to dally with. Macaulay. -- To hold off, to keep at a distance. -- To hold on, to hold in being, continuance or position; as, to hold a rider on. -- To hold one's day, to keep one's appointment. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To hold one's o…
REITERATIVE n.
A word formed from another, or used to form another, by repetition; as, dillydally.
TOY n. 2 definitions
Amorous dalliance; play; sport; pastime. Milton. To dally thus with death is no fit toy. Spenser.