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shilly-shally
verb as in procrastinate
adjective as in vacillant
adjective as in vacillatory
noun as in indecisiveness
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noun as in irresoluteness
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noun as in irresolution
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noun as in tentativeness
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- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- timidity
- timidness
- to and fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
noun as in timidness
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noun as in to and fro
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- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
verb as in procrastinate
verb as in vacillate
verb as in vary
verb as in hem and haw
verb as in waste time
verb as in shilly-shally
verb as in misdoubt
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- be apprehensive of
- be curious
- be dubious
- be in a quandary
- be puzzled
- be uncertain
- be undetermined
- call in question
- challenge
- demur
- disbelieve
- discredit
- dispute
- distrust
- fear
- fluctuate
- give no credence
- harbor suspicion
- have one's doubts
- have qualms
- hesitate
- imagine
- impugn
- insinuate
- misgive
- mistrust
- not buy
- query
- question
- read differently
- scruple
- skepticize
- smell a rat
- surmise
- suspect
- take dim view of
- vacillate
- waver
- wonder
- wonder at
verb as in doubt
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verb as in alternate
verb as in halt
verb as in hedge
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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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On this page you'll find 37 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shilly-shally, such as: be irresolute, blow hot and cold, dally, dawdle, dodge, and fluctuate.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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