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Definition of "dalliance" [dal•li•ance]

  • Frivolous spending of time; dawdling. (noun)
  • Playful flirtation. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dalliance" in a sentence
  • "The same sort of dalliance is going on in Manchester according to Hopi Sen"
  • "Her long-term dalliance with the party, and in-her-position-as-governor publicly stated support for them, raises a serious question about her first loyalty. which is it, Alaska or the USA?"
  • "His needs were met by the anonymous prostitutes of the Marine district, and by the occasional short-term dalliance with fellow civil servants."