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dilly-dally

How many syllables in dilly-dally?

  148739526 syllables

Divide dilly-dally into syllables:   dil-ly-dal-ly
Primary syllable stress:   dil-ly-dal-ly
Secondary syllable stress:   dil-ly-dal-ly
How to pronounce dilly-dally:   dih-lee-dah-lee
How to say dilly-dally:

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