Synonyms for dallied
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dal-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdæl i |
Top 10 synonyms for dallied Other synonyms for the word dallied
Définition of dallied
Origin :- c.1300, "to talk, converse," possibly from Anglo-French dalier "to amuse oneself," of uncertain origin. Sense of "waste time" emerged by late 14c. Related: Dallied; dallying.
- verb dawdle, delay
- verb have love affair
- He dallied in his room so that she might have plenty of time in which to learn Mary's news.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- I had a heart that dallied Letter to Southey, July 29, 1802.
- Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- She walked slowly and more slowly as he dallied by her side.
- Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer
- And still Charles dallied and delayed, still the main army did not come up.
- Extract from : « The Red True Story Book » by Various
- If he had dallied in his love-making he lingered in his kissing.
- Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
- We had sent our men on before while we dallied with our friends at Mpwapwa.
- Extract from : « Adventures in Many Lands » by Various
- He dallied with the thought for a little time, and then dismissed it.
- Extract from : « A Mating in the Wilds » by Ottwell Binns
- So he dallied, and bungled; and then you two intervened, and his game was hopeless.
- Extract from : « The Dictator » by Justin McCarthy
- He has dared this, which I have dallied with, and left undone.
- Extract from : « If, Yes and Perhaps » by Edward Everett Hale
- The thought occurred to him, and he dallied with it for his pleasure.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 » by Various
Antonyms for dallied
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