shillyshally
24 points
English
12 letters
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Definitions
In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve.
To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.
Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles. She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, - - no shilly-shally in Kate. De Quincey.
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Word forms
past tense shillyshallied
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
Synonyms
the act of procrastinating
postpone doing what one should be doing
Synonyms grouped by meaning — WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
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