Meanings
dilly1
comparative more dilly · superlative most dilly
dilly2
plural dillies
- Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies.
1958, Raymond Chandler, Playback1 more example
Seriously, I mean it: From Russia, With Love is a real wowser, a lulu, a dilly and a smasheroo.
2013, Andrew Lycett, Ian Fleming, page 301
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dilly4
comparative dillier · superlative dilliest
dilly5
plural dillies
- datedA kind of stagecoach.
So, down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying six insides.
1798, John Hookham Frere, George Canning, The Loves of the Triangles - obsoleteslangA night cart.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of dilly net
Origin
dilly · adjective
From Somersetshire dialect; perhaps a blend of daft and silly.
Full word history & related roots →Dilly · proper noun
- FrenchDilly
- EnglishDilly
Borrowed from French Dilly, but also a variant of Dilley.
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Rhymes with dilly
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Cite this entry
dilly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilly
“dilly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dilly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilly.
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