Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dally
Participle: dallied
Gerund: dallying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dally |
| you | dally |
| he;she;it | dallies |
| we | dally |
| you | dally |
| they | dally |
Perfect
| I | have dallied |
| you | have dallied |
| he;she;it | has dallied |
| we | have dallied |
| you | have dallied |
| they | have dallied |
Past
| I | dallied |
| you | dallied |
| he;she;it | dallied |
| we | dallied |
| you | dallied |
| they | dallied |
Pluperfect
| I | had dallied |
| you | had dallied |
| he;she;it | had dallied |
| we | had dallied |
| you | had dallied |
| they | had dallied |
Future
| I | will dally |
| you | will dally |
| he;she;it | will dally |
| we | will dally |
| you | will dally |
| they | will dally |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dallied |
| you | will have dallied |
| he;she;it | will have dallied |
| we | will have dallied |
| you | will have dallied |
| they | will have dallied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dally |
| you | dally |
| he;she;it | dally |
| we | dally |
| you | dally |
| they | dally |
Perfect
| I | have dallied |
| you | have dallied |
| he;she;it | have dallied |
| we | have dallied |
| you | have dallied |
| they | have dallied |
Imperfect
| I | dallied |
| you | dallied |
| he;she;it | dallied |
| we | dallied |
| you | dallied |
| they | dallied |
Pluperfect
| I | had dallied |
| you | had dallied |
| he;she;it | had dallied |
| we | had dallied |
| you | had dallied |
| they | had dallied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dally |
| you | would dally |
| he;she;it | would dally |
| we | would dally |
| you | would dally |
| they | would dally |
Perfect
| I | would have dallied |
| you | would have dallied |
| he;she;it | would have dallied |
| we | would have dallied |
| you | would have dallied |
| they | would have dallied |
Imperative
| you | dally |
| we | Let's dally |
| you | dally |
Verbs conjugated like 'dally'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dally'
ally,
dolly,
gally,
rally,
sally,
tally,
allay,
alloy,
ball,
balls,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to waste time
- diddle, piddle, loiter
- to caress
- canoodle, fond, fondle
- to play at [[courtship]]
- charm, come on to, coquet, flirt, fool around, gallivant, get fresh, hit on, make eyes at, play the field, put the make on, tease
- to touch someone lovingly
- canoodle, caress, chuckle, coax, cosset, dandle, dawt, faddle, feel up, fond, fondle, grabble, grope, nantle, pet, pettle, shift, smuggle, tiddle, touch up
- play
- fool, disport, caress, toy, fondle, tease, sport, trifle
- loiter
- philander, linger, dawdle, idle, delay, putter
Antonyms
- loiter
- hurry, speed, rush, move
Additional Information
Etymology
1. c.1300, possibly from Anglo-Fr.
dalier "to amuse oneself," of uncertain origin.
2. From Middle English dalien, from Anglo-Norman delaier. Doublet of delay. See: Anglo-Norman '
delaier'.
Sample Sentences
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I wish, grave governor, 'twere in my power / To favour you; but 'tis my father's cause, / Wherein I may not, nay, I dare not dally. [c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
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[…] after we by our presumptuous delays have put off God, and dallied with his grace; […] [a. 1692, Isaac Barrow, The Danger and Mischief of Delaying Repentance:]
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[…] we have trifled too long already about a matter of such infinite moment, it is perfect Madness to dally any longer. […] [a. 1726, Benjamin Calamy, “A Sermon Preach'd on Ash-Wednesday”, in J. Calamy, editor, Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions:]
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Not dallying with a Brace of Curtizans, / But meditating with two deepe Diuines: [c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 191, column 2:]
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Mr Dombey in the meantime stood bolt upright in the carriage like a highly respectable ghost, looking on too; while Cleopatra and the Major dallied as two ancient doves might do. [1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:]
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So, at the sound of that stirring call to battle, George jumped away from the gentle arms in which he had been dallying; not without a feeling of shame (although his wife's hold on him had been but feeble), that he should have been detained there so long. [1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:]
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2024, The November Nethack Tournament achievements
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Dally with a foocubus