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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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