v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dallied p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying. ] [ OE. dalien, dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull. ] 1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Dally. ] To loiter or trifle; to waste time. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a feudal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a modal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally . . . by the particles “as” and “so.” Gibbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like a pyramid. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sigmoidal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]