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Synonyms of dally in English:

dally


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verb

1‘there's no time to dally on the way to work’

SYNONYMS
dawdle, delay, loiter, linger, waste time, kill time, take one's time, while away time
lag, trail, straggle, fall behind
amble, plod, trudge, meander, drift
Scottish, Irish traik
informal dilly-dally
archaic, literary tarry
ANTONYMS

hurry

2‘he should stop dallying with film stars’

SYNONYMS
trifle, toy, play, amuse oneself, flirt, play fast and loose, tinker, philander, womanize, carry on
informal play around, mess about, mess around