To dawdle; to waste time; to procrastinate.
Infinitivedilly-dally
Past simpledilly-dallied
Past participledilly-dallied
-ing formdilly-dallying
Full conjugation of the English verb to dilly-dally (past simple dilly-dallied,
past participle dilly-dallied):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
dilly-dally
you
dilly-dally
he/she/it
dilly-dallies
we
dilly-dally
you
dilly-dally
they
dilly-dally
Present continuous
I
am dilly-dallying
you
are dilly-dallying
he/she/it
is dilly-dallying
we
are dilly-dallying
you
are dilly-dallying
they
are dilly-dallying
Present perfect
I
have dilly-dallied
you
have dilly-dallied
he/she/it
has dilly-dallied
we
have dilly-dallied
you
have dilly-dallied
they
have dilly-dallied
Present perfect continuous
I
have been dilly-dallying
you
have been dilly-dallying
he/she/it
has been dilly-dallying
we
have been dilly-dallying
you
have been dilly-dallying
they
have been dilly-dallying
Past simple
I
dilly-dallied
you
dilly-dallied
he/she/it
dilly-dallied
we
dilly-dallied
you
dilly-dallied
they
dilly-dallied
Past continuous
I
was dilly-dallying
you
were dilly-dallying
he/she/it
was dilly-dallying
we
were dilly-dallying
you
were dilly-dallying
they
were dilly-dallying
Past perfect
I
had dilly-dallied
you
had dilly-dallied
he/she/it
had dilly-dallied
we
had dilly-dallied
you
had dilly-dallied
they
had dilly-dallied
Past perfect continuous
I
had been dilly-dallying
you
had been dilly-dallying
he/she/it
had been dilly-dallying
we
had been dilly-dallying
you
had been dilly-dallying
they
had been dilly-dallying
Future simple
I
will dilly-dally
you
will dilly-dally
he/she/it
will dilly-dally
we
will dilly-dally
you
will dilly-dally
they
will dilly-dally
Future continuous
I
will be dilly-dallying
you
will be dilly-dallying
he/she/it
will be dilly-dallying
we
will be dilly-dallying
you
will be dilly-dallying
they
will be dilly-dallying
Future perfect
I
will have dilly-dallied
you
will have dilly-dallied
he/she/it
will have dilly-dallied
we
will have dilly-dallied
you
will have dilly-dallied
they
will have dilly-dallied
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been dilly-dallying
you
will have been dilly-dallying
he/she/it
will have been dilly-dallying
we
will have been dilly-dallying
you
will have been dilly-dallying
they
will have been dilly-dallying
Conditional
Present
I
would dilly-dally
you
would dilly-dally
he/she/it
would dilly-dally
we
would dilly-dally
you
would dilly-dally
they
would dilly-dally
Present continuous
I
would be dilly-dallying
you
would be dilly-dallying
he/she/it
would be dilly-dallying
we
would be dilly-dallying
you
would be dilly-dallying
they
would be dilly-dallying
Perfect
I
would have dilly-dallied
you
would have dilly-dallied
he/she/it
would have dilly-dallied
we
would have dilly-dallied
you
would have dilly-dallied
they
would have dilly-dallied
Perfect continuous
I
would have been dilly-dallying
you
would have been dilly-dallying
he/she/it
would have been dilly-dallying
we
would have been dilly-dallying
you
would have been dilly-dallying
they
would have been dilly-dallying
Subjunctive
Present
that I
dilly-dally
that you
dilly-dally
that he/she/it
dilly-dally
that we
dilly-dally
that you
dilly-dally
that they
dilly-dally
Past
if I
dilly-dallied
if you
dilly-dallied
if he/she/it
dilly-dallied
if we
dilly-dallied
if you
dilly-dallied
if they
dilly-dallied
Imperative
Affirmative
you
dilly-dally
we
let's dilly-dally
Negative
you
don't dilly-dally
we
let's not dilly-dally
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to dilly-dally
Perfect infinitive
to have dilly-dallied
Present participle / gerund
dilly-dallying
Past participle
dilly-dallied
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