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Meaning and definition for "dally" word

[verb] consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
[verb] talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
[verb] waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
[verb] behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"
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\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.
\Dal"ly\, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away. Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. --Knolles.

Synonyms for dally

butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dawdle, flirt, flirt, mash, philander, play, play, romance, toy, trifle

See also: act | act | behave | consider | deal | do | look at | move | speak | take | talk | vamp | wanton |

Related terms: abide, dally away, dribble away, drivel away, flag, flirt, fool away, halt, horse around, lag, monkey, muddle away, potter away, putter, sit tight, sit up, stick around, sweet-talk, take time, toy, trifle, wanton

The fun area, different aproach to word »dally«

Let's analyse "dally" as pure text. This string has Five letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 20% of vowels is 18.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YLLAD. Average typing speed for these characters is 1430 milliseconds. [info]

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Morse code: -.. .- .-.. .-.. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: dally: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 (or 8 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: dally: 4 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 7 = 18, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1) 4 Emperor Determined, Persistant, Idealist
L (2) 12 Hanged Man Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
Y (1) 25 Knight of Wands Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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