User Contributed Dictionary
Noun
- Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
- "You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies.", from "Playback", by Raymond Chandler
Extensive Definition
Dilly may refer to:
People:
- Erin Dilly (b. 1972), a Tony Award nominated actress
- Dilly Braimoh (b. 1959), an African-British television presenter and producer
- Dilly Knox (1884–1943), British codebreaker and classical scholar at King's College, Cambridge.
Fiction:
- Dilly the Duck, a fictional animal character in the British 1984 TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.
- Dilly the Dinosaur, protagonist of a children's book series by Tony Bradman.
Politics:
- Derby Dilly, a short-lived 19th century British political faction headed by Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absurd,
ace, balmy, beaut, corker, crackerjack, crazy, daisy, dally, dandy, darb, dillydally, dream, harebrained, honey, humdinger, insane, killer-diller, knockout, lag, linger, loiter, lollapaloosa, loony, lulu, nifty, peach, pip, pippin, poke, potty, put off, rouser, silly, sweetheart, tarry, the nuts, wacky, whiz