dally
verb (used without object)
to waste time; loiter; delay.
dallies
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present tense formof dally (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The author gallops through vital moments in world history across the centuries but dallies over what seem like niche aspects of medieval French history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Nightmare for stand-in Dons captain Angus MacDonald as he dallies on the ball and is dispossessed by Kyogo Furuhashi.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024
If the Fed dallies, and higher inflation becomes a more lasting feature of the economy, it will be even harder to stamp out.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
It was the right thing to do | Rani Abraham 11 min: Gosling dallies in midfield, and Villa come away with it.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 8, 2015
Shame to him when he dallies in the Circean Hall of the senses!
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
