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dilli

dilli is the alternative form of dilly.

Meaning of dilly

Noun (1)

dilly (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

Noun (2)

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. (Australia) A dilly bag.

Noun (3)

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. (dated) A 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. (obsolete, slang) A night cart.

Noun (4)

dilly (plural dillies)

  1. Synonym of dilly net
    Synonyms:
    dilly net

See all 8 meanings of dilly

Proper noun capitalized: Dilli

Dilli

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete form of Delhi.

Forms of dilli

pluraldillis

Phrases with dilli

Questions about dilli

What is dilli the alternative form of?
Dilli is the alternative form of dilly.
What part of speech is dilli?
Dilli is a proper noun.

Words near dilli in the dictionary

  1. dilletante
  2. Dilley
  3. Dilleys
  4. dillhole
  5. dillholes
  6. dilli
  7. dilli bag
  8. dilli bags
  9. DILLIC
  10. dillier
  11. dillies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dilli (page history and authors); Dilli (page history and authors); dilly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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