Usually means: Wasted time; lacked promptness, focus.
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  1. dilly-dallied: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. dilly-dallied, dilly-dallied: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dilly-dallied, dilly dallied: Wiktionary
  4. dilly-dallied: Dictionary.com
  5. dilly-dallied: TheFreeDictionary.com

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