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▪ I. dallying, vbl. n.|ˈdælɪɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb dally, q.v.: toying, trifling, etc.; dalliance.
c1440Promp. Parv. 112 Dallynge, or halsynge, amplexus. 1545Brinklow Compl. 53 Cardys, dalyeng with women, dansing, and such like. c1680Beveridge Serm. (1729) I. 470 There is no dallying with Omnipotence. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xxxiii, Speak out at once..I am in no humour for dallying. 1889Athenæum 14 Dec. 816/3 The pleasant enough dallying and ‘daffing’ of her young people.
▪ II. ˈdallying, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That dallies; toying, trifling, etc.: see the verb.
1548Hall Chron. 234 b, A Chaplayne mete for such a dalyeng pastyme. 1580Baret Alv. F 662 A flatterer or dallying deceiuer, adulator. 1652Crashaw Delights of Muses Poems 89 A warbling doubt Of dallying sweetness.
Hence ˈdallyingly adv.
1550Bale Image both Ch. ii. (R.), Wher as he doth but dalliengly perswade, they may enforce and compel. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 1459/1 What an arrogant..boy is this [John Bradford], that thus stoutly and dallyinglie behaueth himselfe before the Queenes Counsell? 1637Bastwick Litany i. 3. |