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Definição e significado de dally
Definição
dally (v. intr.)
1.to lag or linger behind"But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
2.consider not very seriously"He is trifling with her" "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"
3.talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions"The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries" "My husband never flirts with other women"
4.waste time"Get busy--don't dally!"
5.behave carelessly or indifferently"Play about with a young girl's affection"
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Merriam Webster
DallyDal"ly (dăl"l�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied (dăl"lĭd); p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying.] [OE. dalien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]
1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy.
We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. Barrow.
2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. Shak.
Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. Shak.
DallyDal"ly, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles.
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Ver também
dally (v. intr.)
↘ drawling, drawly ↗ coquettish, flirtatious
Locuções
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Dicionario analógico
dally (v. intr.)
causer un retard, remettre à plus tard (fr)[Classe]
linger; dawdle; take one's time[Classe]
être en retard (fr)[Classe]
dally (v. intr.)
consider, deal, look at, take[Hyper.]
dally, flirt, play, toy[Domaine]
dally (v. intr.)
(lady-killer; seducer; ladies' man; lady killer)[termes liés]
dally (v. intr.)
dally (v. intr.)
act, move[Hyper.]
coquetry, dalliance, flirt, flirtation, flirting, toying[Dérivé]
dally, play, trifle[Domaine]
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