Used in a Sentence

dilly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for dilly.

Editorial note

She won't have time to be forced to practice piano if she's dilly-dallying around with another painting!

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of dilly gathered in one view.

noun

Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.

noun

Synonym of dilly net

noun

A surname from French.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for dilly.

noun

Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.

noun

Synonym of dilly net

noun

A surname from French.

adjective

Redolent of dill (the herb).

Example sentences

1

She won't have time to be forced to practice piano if she's dilly-dallying around with another painting!

2

But they dilly-dallied for a long time while people were demanding a fix and one was available.

3

At Bletchly Park, Turing was part of a team headed by Dilly Knox, working with John Jeffreys and Peter Twinn.

4

Do you want to work at a company that will dilly dally about firing bad people?

5

How close do you think the Dilly TX center is in it's operation to these other types of Nazi camps?

6

You're saying the Supreme Court should create a loophole for the officer to dilly dally just so the dog can arrive?

7

I sometimes think that going a bit slower could be helpful to society, but the truth is that we don't have forever to dilly-dally where we are.

8

They'll take forever to make decisions, dilly-dally while they compare notes with other investors, etc.

9

And with each day the EU dilly-dallies that chance increases.

10

This approach has another great side effect: you won't be easily side tracked by the new shiny thing that promises async evented dilly every few months.

11

Go do your thing and dont dilly dally about it.

12

But Kildall skipped the first meeting with IBM and his team at DR dilly-dallied on signing a standard NDA with IBM and could not reach an agreement.

Quote examples

1

An officer who "dilly dallies" fails to meet that reasonableness standard, and will have their evidence suppressed.

2

Also all this "2x or 3x" after the big rise talk is just dilly-shaking anyway.

3

I don't think education would ever be considered "dilly-dallying" in a society where poverty is generally impossible.

4

Mostly because the unemployment system compels you to prove you're looking for work, and volunteering throws up a red flag saying, "I'm not looking for work, I'm dilly-dallying around volunteering for arts groups and children's scouting, ahahaha!"

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use dilly in a sentence?

She won't have time to be forced to practice piano if she's dilly-dallying around with another painting!

What does dilly mean?

Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.

What part of speech is dilly?

dilly is commonly used as noun, adjective.