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dally

verbCommon GRE wordMore D words

to waste time or act without urgency

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In a sentence

Dally in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing dally in a sentence.

Do not dally on the way home, since dinner is nearly ready.

Synonyms
dawdleloiterlinger
Antonyms
hastenhurry
Common questions

Questions about “dally

Dally (verb) means to waste time or act without urgency
Here is dally used in an example sentence: "Do not dally on the way home, since dinner is nearly ready."
Common synonyms for dally include dawdle, loiter, linger.
Antonyms of dally include hasten, hurry.
Dally is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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