Clues for the word "DALLY"
We've had 30 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 77 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on January 11, 2026.
Definition of dally
- v. i. - To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.
- v. i. - To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.
- v. t. - To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
Referring Clues
- Dawdle
- Do nothing worthwhile
- Waste time
- Loiter
- Linger
- Flirt
- Flirt
- Flirt
- Move slowly
- Get playful
- Play amorously
- Dilly-___
- Dilly-___ (waste time)
- Dilly attachment
- Take one's time
- Lollygag
- Take one's sweet time
- "Dilly" follower
- Fritter away time
- Dawdle - delay
- Trifle
- Waste time on a letter to a friend
- Fail to act quickly
- Daughter and partner dawdle
- Procrastinate
- Flirt with many a friend
- Flirt like everybody in extremes of depravity
- Many a friend may linger
- Wait for a friend at the end of the road
- During the day, left a trainee to be idle
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - January 11, 2026
- LA Times - August 01, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2025
- Mirror Mini - January 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - January 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - December 04, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 22, 2024
- Daily American - September 18, 2024
- New York Times - September 07, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - August 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 08, 2024
- Daily American - April 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 22, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 09, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - May 03, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 17, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 23, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 05, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - November 08, 2022
- Penny Dell Sunday - October 09, 2022
- Daily American - September 18, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - September 13, 2022
- Mirror Mini - January 11, 2018
- Washington Post Sunday - August 06, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - May 03, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 12, 2017
- And in 47 more crossword puzzles...