dilly

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdɪli/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(dil′ē)

Inflections of 'dilly' (n): npl: dillies

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
dil•ly  (dil′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lies. [Informal.]
  1. Informal Termssomething or someone regarded as remarkable, unusual, etc.:a dilly of a movie.
  • 1930–35; American; earlier as adjective, adjectival: wonderful, apparently a shortening of delightful or delicious, with -y1 (now taken as -y2)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dilly / ˈdɪlɪ/ ( -lies)
  1. a person or thing that is remarkable
Etymology: 20th Century: perhaps from girl's proper name Dilly
dilly / ˈdɪlɪ/ ( -lier, -liest)
  1. silly
Etymology: 20th Century: perhaps from silly
'dilly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Dili - chiller-diller - dill - dilly bag - dilly-dally - shilly-shally

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