Dallying

Synonyms for Dallying:

dilatory (adjective)

snaillike, laggard.

endearing (adjective)

inviting, caressing, flirtatious, romantic, Serenading, endearing, Nuzzling, spooning, cherishing, charming, Love-making, wooing, seductive, enticing, snuggling, alluring.

procrastinating (adjective)

dilatory.

endearing (verb)

Coddling, making love, flirting, Ogling, courting, cuddling, kissing, hugging, Romancing, fondling, billing and cooing, Seducing.

procrastinating (verb)

vacillating, hesitating, Procrastinating, dawdling, lingering, stalling, dilly-dallying, Filibustering.

Other synonyms and related words:

poking, dillydallying, unhurried, lagging, tardy, snaillike, dragging, poky, slow, languid, leisurely, laggard, Snail-paced, creeping, crawling, sluggish, dilatory.

Usage examples for Dallying:

• He knew that good work awaited him in that far western land, where he had determined to begin a new life; he knew, too, that to remain in England within call, as it were, of a temptation which his sense of what was right and honourable, bade him resist, was merely dallying with that sense of right; and yet, the human man within him, cried out against the necessity which he had faced, and acknowledged to be inevitable. - "Christina", L. G. Moberly.
• The sun is tinting all things with its yellow haze, and is burning to brightest gold the reddish tinge in the girl's hair as she moves with dallying steps through the green fields. - "Rossmoyne", Unknown.
• His highly- polished russet shoes were scarcely browner than the tips of two fingers of his right hand, which outside of school hours were constantly dallying with a cigarette. - "Rival Pitchers of Oakdale", Morgan Scott.