Dallying and Hastened

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Dallying adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.

Usage example: the dallying diners seemed oblivious to the fact that other customers were impatiently waiting for tables

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Hastened is an antonym for dallying.

Nearby Words: dally, dallied

Definitions of Dallying not found.

Dallying is an antonym for hastened.

Nearby Words: haste, hastening

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Hastened and Dallying. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dallying/hastened

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