dilly
Redolent of dillRedolent of dill (the herb).
Recorded: Commander Keane, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» Time's almost up, why are you still dilly-dallying?
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2 sensesRedolent of dill (the herb).
(Australia)Silly; characteristic of a dill.
Examples
5 sentencesTime's almost up, why are you still dilly-dallying?
Dilly-dallying the day away does not an artist make.
Don't dilly-dally.
deTrödel nicht! — Yorwba
You're late! Sheesh, dilly-dally dilly-dally ...
Let's get going! We have no time to dilly-dally.
deJetzt aber los! Wir haben keine Zeit Sperenzchen zu machen. — Dejo
Origin
From Somersetshire dialect; perhaps a blend of daft and silly.From Somersetshire dialect; perhaps a blend of daft and silly.
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Forms
more dilly/dillier, most dilly/dilliest| Comparative | more dilly / dillier Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most dilly / dilliest Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.