dalliance
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9.2
- noun
- /ˈdæl.i.əns/
- Literature
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divagación
- The puzzle was a quarter-hour's dalliance for this fellow whose business was noticing things.
That's where that was my formal sort of theater dalliance or where I learned to act, I guess.
- That's where that was my formal sort of theater dalliance or where I learned to act, I guess.
Examples
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At the picnic, the children engaged in a delightful dalliance with the games and laughter instead of focusing on the chores.
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Save for the occasional dalliance with Angry Birds while on the bus, I simply don't have time for them.
Blog text (33) -
But Knight's dalliance with the world of broadcast television may not be as strange as it seems at first glance.
Blog text (15) -
Saif al-Islam's dalliance with human rights was, in any event, short-lived.
Academic text (2013) -
It amazed Jeralyn that these hardworking men had the time for so much dalliance.
Fiction book (1990) -
Roboan's sojourn in the Fortunate Isles represents, for example, a last dalliance with the entertainments of youth.
Academic text (1994) -
The combination of the federal tax break and the state renewable-energy mandates transformed wind power from an inventor's dalliance into an investment banker's dream.
Academic text (2012) -
During her summer vacation, she enjoyed a dalliance with painting, spending hours creating colorful landscapes.
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His afternoon was filled with a pleasant dalliance in the park, where he read a book and watched the clouds float by.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.0
How much work, goods, or services are produced for the time and effort used
How Idle
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dalliance comes from the verb dally, meaning 'to play' or 'to delay', a bit like the word delay. That is why a dalliance can also mean a short, idle time spent instead of doing real work.