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shillyshally |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shill-I-shall-I \Shill"-I-shall`-I\, Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, adv [A reduplication of shall I.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence to occupy one's self with trifles. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shillyshally n : the act of procrastinating [syn: {procrastination}, {cunctation}] v : be uncertain and vague
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