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shilly-shally
[ shil-ee-shal-ee ]
verb (used without object)
noun
It was sheer shilly-shally on his part.
adjective
adverb
- irresolutely.
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Other Words From
- shilly-shalli·er noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shilly-shally1
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Example Sentences
Strange that people will have so much faith in shilly-shally!
"I have little experience of shilly-shally methods," replied his visitor.
I hear the shilly-shally policy of the English Government bitterly condemned.
I had rather be sent home to fight manfully, or to make peace politically, than to be in this miserable shilly-shally way here.
What keeps the simple man dallying shilly-shally at the fence, as if he actually wanted them to take him?
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