Dilly-dally \dil"ly-dal`ly\
To loiter or trifle, to waste time, in hesitation or vacillation. (1913 Webster).
Dilly, alteration of delightful, a surprising or remarkable person, thing, event...
Dally, waste time, delay, fool (about or around), linger, hang about, loiter, while away, dawdle, fritter away, procrastinate, tarry, dilly-dally (informal) drag your feet or heels, opposite hurry (up).
Synonyms : bide, await, bide, bide the issue, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dilly, doodle, drag, falter, flag, goof off, halt, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag, mark time, piddle, poke, put off, shilly-shally, sit tight, sit up, stay, stay up, stick around, take time, tarry, trail, wait, wait a minute, wait and see, waste time.
Musarder : badauder, baguenauder, errer, fainéanter, flâner, flânocher, glander, lambiner, lanterner, muser, perdre son temps, s'amuser, se baguenauder, se balader, traînasser, traîner, vadrouiller, vagabonder.
Flâner : badauder, bader, baguenauder, balocher, batifoler, battre la campagne, battre le pavé, boulevarder, clampiner, déambuler, errer, fainéanter, flânocher, flemmarder, folâtrer, gober des mouches, lambiner, lanterner, marcher, musarder, muser, paresser, rôder, s'amuser, s'attarder, s'égarer, se baguenauder, se balader, se promener, traînasser, traîner, vadrouiller, vagabonder, vaguer.
Henry Miller's dilly-dallying
through New York Memories,
or in a Parisian musing.
