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Definition of Dallied
1. dally [v] - See also: dally
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dallied
Literary usage of Dallied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction, Classical Mediæval, Legendary: Famous by William Shepard Walsh (1915)
"For eight years he dallied with her, then left the island on a raft, to be again
shipwrecked on another island, where he was discovered by Nausicaa, ..."
2. University Addresses by William Watts Folwell (1909)
"or because the teacher lacked ability to stimulate them to action, the regents
dallied and temporized, and gave the most important department in their care ..."
3. Why They Married by James Montgomery Flagg (1906)
"Mr. Butterfly Flitter was handsome and gay, Why, he'd ne'er given marriage a
thought, But he dallied too long by a flower one day, And before he could flit ..."
4. Plays and Lyrics by Cale Young Rice (1906)
"You dallied and delayed ? David. My lord, delayed ? Saul. Do not smile wonder,
... You have not; you have dallied. (Motions rest out.) You have dallied. ..."
5. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1904)
"Yet Elizabeth dallied and dallied, driving all concerned nearly frantic, and
finally demanded such terms as she knew must make the marriage impossible. ..."
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