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6. shilly-shally :



adjective :

Hesitant, vacillating



adverb :

Hesitantly, irresolutely



noun :

Hesitation, vacillation



verb :

To vacillate, to dawdle



usage :

  • We go after bigger things, and don't stand shilly-shally on the brink as you do.(Anthony Trollope : The Way We Live Now : 1875.)

  • It was sheer shilly-shally on his part.



    Related Forms :

    shilly-shallier : noun



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