vacillatory

American  

[vas-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈvæs ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. marked by or displaying vacillation.

   a vacillatory policy of action.

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Etymology

Origin of vacillatory

First recorded in 1725–35; vacillate + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

While these vacillatory measures were going on at the viceregal palace, information was brought to the oydors, that the viceroy had drawn out his troops in the great square, with the intention of attacking them.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

Emboldened by the vacillatory attitude of the Powers, the Hungarians began a military offensive, invading Czechoslovakia and crossing the lines of the Armistice in Rumania and Jugoslavia.

From The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

As to money, he had given her almost carte blanche, having at one vacillatory period of his Prime Ministership been talked by her into some agreement with her own plans.

From The Prime Minister by Trollope, Anthony