Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dilly-dallied

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables
dil-ly--dal-lied
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does dilly-dallied mean?
simple past and past participle of dilly-dally

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