Dillydallying

Synonyms for "dillydallying" (48 found)

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Closest matches (10)

backward dalliance dallying easygoingfoot dragging

Noun(5 words)

dawdle dawdling delay delaying dilatory

Strong matches (14)

Noun(7 words)

greater delaygreater dillydallyinghesitate hesitation indecision lallygagging loiter

lackadaisical lag laggard lagging lax lazy lingering

Related words (24)

loitering lolling lollygagging lounging procrastinative remissshilly shallyingshuffling slack slow sluggish tarrying trifling vacillate vacillation waiting

Noun(8 words)

more dillydallyingpostpone procrastinate procrastinating procrastination slowing stall stalling

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9 entries

action activity behaviorbehavioral traitcognitive styledegree modifier usagelinguistic variantprocessprocess quality

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10 entries

bureaucratic delaydawdlingdelaying tacticgreater delayhesitation indecision postponementprocedural lagprocrastination stalling

Collocations

15 entries

delay tacticsdelaying tacticdillydallying approachdillydallying behaviordillydallying delaydillydallying patterndillydallying stancedillydallying tendencyhabit of dillydallyingindecisivenessprocrastination tendencyprolonged delayslow pacestalling behaviortime waste

Inflections

5 entries

dillydallied dillydallies dillydallyingsmore dillydallyingmost dillydallying

Derivations

3 entries

dillydalliance dillydalliness dillydally

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