Definition of dally

"dally" in the verb sense

1. dally, toy, play, flirt

behave carelessly or indifferently

"Play about with a young girl's affection"

2. dally, dawdle

waste time

"Get busy

3. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"

"My husband never flirts with other women"

4. dally, trifle, play

consider not very seriously

"He is trifling with her"

"She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

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Quotations for dally

Dally not with money or women. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Let your pen fail, begin to trifle with blotting-paper, look at the ceiling, bite your nails, and otherwise dally with your purpose, and you waste your time, scatter your thoughts, and repress the nervous energy necessary for your task. [ G. H. Lewes ]

dally in Scrabble®

The word dally is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters dally:

DALLY
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dally in Words With Friends™

The word dally is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters dally:

DALLY
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All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word dally

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Words within the letters of dally

2 letter words in dally (4 words)

3 letter words in dally (4 words)

4 letter words in dally (3 words)

5 letter words in dally (1 word)

dally + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving dally

Shorter words in dally

all ally

Longer words containing dally

anodally

bactericidally

bacterioidally

bipedally

caudally dorsocaudally

caudally sacrocaudally

conchoidally

cycloidally epicycloidally

cycloidally hypercycloidally

cycloidally hypocycloidally

cycloidally pericycloidally

dallying dillydallying

dillydally dillydallying

electrocolloidally

elliptoidally

helicoidally

homicidally

insecticidally

medusoidally

modally

nematocidally

prismatoidally

prismoidally

pyramidally

quinoidally

sigmoidally

sinusoidally

solenoidally

sphenoidally parasphenoidally

sphenoidally transsphenoidally

spheroidally hemispheroidally

spheroidally semispheroidally

spiroidally

subhyoidally

subnodally

subtrapezoidally

suicidally

tidally nontidally

trochoidally epitrochoidally

trochoidally hypotrochoidally