Dillydallying
Dillydallying adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: the dillydallying congress hadn't passed any legislation, and the term was almost over
Dallying and dillydallying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dallying" instead an adjective "Dillydallying".
Dallying
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
Dillydallying and dallying are semantically related. You can use "Dillydallying" instead an adjective "Dallying".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sluggish and dillydallying
- sluggish and dallying
- slow and dillydallying
- slow and dallying
- laggard and dillydallying
- laggard and dallying
- languid and dillydallying
- languid and dallying
- lingering and dillydallying
- lingering and dallying
- dilatory and dillydallying
- dilatory and dallying
- tardy and dillydallying
- tardy and dallying
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