Dilly

Word DILLY
Character 5
Hyphenation dil ly
Pronunciations /ˈdɪli/

Definitions and meanings of "Dilly"

What do we mean by dilly?

One that is remarkable or extraordinary, as in size or quality. noun

Same as daffodil, daffodilly. noun

A bag woven of grasses or of fur twisted into cord; a small bag of any material. noun

A small sapotaceous tree, Mimusops Sieberi, specifically called the wild dilly, found on the Florida keys and in the West Indies. Its wood is very heavy and hard, of a dark-brown color, and susceptible of a beautiful polish. noun

An abbreviation of diligence. noun

A kind of stagecoach. noun

Something remarkable, highly unusual, or exceptionally effective. noun

Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual. noun

A kind of stagecoach. noun

Redolent of dill (the spice) adjective

Redolent of dill (the herb).

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dilly

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The word "dilly" in example sentences

I think you mean it's a "dilly" of an article, rather than a "ditty" of an article. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have no time to describe to you what this plan was except to say that it was a "dilly", but when I hear complaints that these very expensive Royal Commission reports are almost always pigeon-holed I ask myself what else could be done with the "Solution" proposed by the last Royal Commissioner to sit in judgment on Ontario's forests. ❋ Unknown (1955)

Any kind of dilly-dallying, that’s the government. ❋ Unknown (1964)

"The most important thing we can do is quit dilly-dallying around about whatever we're going to do in terms of legislation and make it long term," said Murphy, of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. ❋ Amy Lee (2011)

Right now in my pantry I have: 12 pints (far too much) rhubarb sauce, 6 pints raspberry jam, 2 pints strawberry jam, 2 pints wild blackberry jam, 7 pints dilly beans, 4 quarts beets, 4 quarts dill pickles, and 4 bread and butter pickles, and 2 pints hot pickled okra. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Sooner or later, we explode with it — in the form of anger toward our spouse, who comes dilly-dallying in after a day of adult interaction, interaction with people WHO WILL LISTEN. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Stop the dilly-dallying and do something about the problem. statatheleft says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

The potatoes were followed by “dilly carrots,” and dill sour cream sauce, among other inventions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Lavender blue, dilly, dilly …” (Where the hell did that come from?) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Let's not dilly-dally, let's get straight on into the funny, shall we? ❋ 01flux (2009)

Not one to dilly dally with such a mental feat, he hastily made a bold and proud statement promising tax-paying citizens that before man reached the moon, "your mail will be delivered within hours from New York to California, to England, to India or to Australia by guided missiles." ❋ Marc Hartzman (2011)

"The school was dilly-dallying and I'm a make-it-happen person," says Mr. Koppelman, who is also a trustee of the Brooklyn College Foundation. ❋ Shelly Banjo (2011)

It's helped me hit the brakes in time a few times when it'd have turned out otherwise if I'd been dilly dallying along. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Anybody who dilly dallies on non-communicable diseases will be forced to act when the situation is out of control. ❋ Unknown (2011)

You've read hints of it on the blog for months now, and I even asked for story ideas and woo hoo, I got a dilly from one of you. ❋ P_n_elrod (2009)

Here's the dilly: everyone is promised an elected government, the maintenance of the peace treaty with Israel, and an end to demonstrations. ❋ Jason Linkins (2011)

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