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dallying

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of dallying

moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed

the dallying diners seemed oblivious to the fact that other customers were impatiently waiting for tables

Synonyms of dallying

crawling, creeping, dawdling, dilatory, dillydallying, dragging, laggard, lagging, languid, leisurely, poking, poky (or pokey), slow, sluggish, snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried

Words Related to dallying

deliberate, measured

inactive, inert, lethargic, loafing, lounging

lingering, loitering, tarrying

ambling, heavy-footed, inching, plodding, shuffling, slow-footed

decelerating, slowing

filibustering, procrastinating, stalling

Near Antonyms of dallying

expeditious, prompt, ready

accelerated, hastened, quickened

hurried, rushed

Antonyms of dallying

barreling, bolting, breakneck, breathless, brisk, careering, dizzy, fast, fleet, flying, hasty, hurrying, lightning, meteoric, quick, racing, rapid, rocketing, running, rushing, scooting, scudding, scurrying, snappy, speeding, speedy, swift, warp-speed, whirling, whirlwind, whisking, zipping

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