Synonyms for dally
ˈdæl idal·ly

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1. dally

   Synonyms:
   trifle, play, wanton, sport, fondle, delay, procrastinate, dawdle

   Antonyms:
   toil, labor, work, study, fag, stir, bustle, hasten

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1. dally, toy, play, flirtverb

   behave carelessly or indifferently

   "Play about with a young girl's affection"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, make for, bring, wager, flirt, play, work, meet, take on, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, wreak, dawdle, toy, bet, roleplay, playact, run, fiddle, spiel, diddle, philander, act, represent, mash, chat up, encounter, trifle, act as

2. dally, dawdleverb

   waste time

   "Get busy--don't dally!"

   Synonyms:
   lag, flirt, play, linger, fall behind, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, dawdle, toy, fall back, philander, mash, chat up, trifle

3. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mashverb

   talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

   "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

   Synonyms:
   flirt, crush, womanise, court, squelch, solicit, play, coquette, coquet, butterfly, romance, comminute, dawdle, toy, woo, bray, womanize, grind, squeeze, philander, crunch, mash, chat up, squash, trifle

4. dally, trifle, playverb

   consider not very seriously

   "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania"

   Synonyms:
   take on, fiddle, wanton, bet, spiel, act, romance, run, flirt, trifle, diddle, meet, coquette, piddle, roleplay, chat up, butterfly, act as, toy, encounter, playact, work, dawdle, make for, piddle away, play, represent, wanton away, frivol, bring, recreate, philander, coquet, mash, wreak, wager

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1. • Act
   • Consider

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1. dallyverb

   Synonyms:
   trifle, dawdle, lose time, waste time, idle away time, fritter away time

2. dallyverb

   Synonyms:
   fondle, toy, interchange caresses

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1. dallyverb

   Synonyms:
   dawdle, trifle, fondle, wanton, delay, postpone, procrastinate

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1. List of paraphrases for "dally":

   dali, dallas, daly

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1. Mary McCarthy:

   Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.