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shillyshally |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shillyshally Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shillyshally Entailment of verb shillyshally Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb shillyshally 2 senses of shillyshally Sense 1 shillyshally => hover, vacillate Sense 2 procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => delay Familiarity of verb shillyshally shillyshally used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb shillyshally Sense 1 shillyshally => hover, vacillate -------------- Sense 2 procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally => delay -------------- Grep of noun shillyshally shillyshally Overview of noun shillyshally The noun shillyshally has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally -- (the act of procrastinating) Overview of verb shillyshally The verb shillyshally has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. shillyshally -- (be uncertain and vague) 2. procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days") Overview of noun shillyshally The noun shillyshally has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally -- (the act of procrastinating) Overview of verb shillyshally The verb shillyshally has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. shillyshally -- (be uncertain and vague) 2. procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days")
shillyshally definition
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