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Synonyms for "dillydally" in English

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dillydally:
- procrastinate; stall; dilly-dally; shillyshally; dillydally; drag one's feet; drag one's heels

English

Detailed Synonyms for dillydally in English

dillydally:

dillydally verbe

dillydally

– postpone doing what one should be doing ¹
to procrastinate; to stall; to dilly-dally; shillyshally; dillydally; drag one's feet; drag one's heels
– postpone doing what one should be doing ¹
- procrastinate verbe (procrastinates, procrastinated, procrastinating)
  - He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days¹
- stall verbe (stalls, stalled, stalling)
- dilly-dally verbe (dilly-dallies, dilly-dallied, dilly-dallying)
- shillyshally verbe
- dillydally verbe
- drag one's feet verbe
- drag one's heels verbe

Alternate Synonyms for "dillydally":

procrastinate; stall; drag one's feet; drag one's heels; shillyshally; dilly-dally; delay

Related Definitions for "dillydally":

postpone doing what one should be doing¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University