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Dilly vs Lilly - What's the difference?

dilly | lilly |

As nouns the difference between dilly and lilly

is that dilly is someone or something that is remarkable or unusual or dilly can be (dated) a kind of stagecoach while lilly is .

As an adjective dilly

is redolent of dill (the spice).

dilly

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • redolent of dill (the spice)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (dillies)
  • Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.
  • * Raymond Chandler, Playback
    • You're the most impossible man I ever met. And I've met some dillies .

    Etymology 3

    Contracted from (diligence).

    Noun

    (dillies)
  • (dated) A kind of stagecoach.
  • * J. H. Frere
    • The Derby dilly .

    Anagrams

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    lilly

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , variant of Lily or a pet form of Lillian.
  • , based on the given name, or from the English place name Lilley.
    • English diminutives of female given names ----