tilly-vally (Meaning)
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tilly-vally (interj., adv., or a.)
A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent.
Synonyms & Antonyms of tilly-vally
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
tilly-vally Sentence Examples
- The professor's pompous lecture was met with tilly-vally by the students.
- Don't pay attention to their tilly-vally; they're just trying to distract you.
- The politician's empty promises were dismissed as mere tilly-vally.
- The gossip was nothing but tilly-vally, not worth our time.
- The rumors of war were dismissed as tilly-vally by the government.
- The child's imaginative stories were regarded as tilly-vally by his parents.
- The so-called paranormal phenomena turned out to be nothing more than tilly-vally.
- The scientist's groundbreaking theory was ridiculed as tilly-vally by the scientific establishment.
- The artist's abstract painting was met with tilly-vally by the critics.
- The entire proposal was dismissed as tilly-vally, not worthy of serious consideration.
FAQs About the word tilly-vally
A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was reject as trifling or impertinent.
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
The professor's pompous lecture was met with tilly-vally by the students.
Don't pay attention to their tilly-vally; they're just trying to distract you.
The politician's empty promises were dismissed as mere tilly-vally.
The gossip was nothing but tilly-vally, not worth our time.
