dilly

comparative more dilly · superlative most dilly

1. Redolent of dill (the herb).

plural dillies

1. 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, Playback

   1 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

plural dillies

1. AustraliaA dilly bag.

comparative dillier · superlative dilliest

1. AustraliaSilly; characteristic of a dill.

plural dillies

1. 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

2. obsoleteslangA night cart.

plural dillies

1. Synonym of dilly net

   Synonyms: dilly net

plural Dillys

1. A surname from French.