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[ shil-ee-shal-ee ] / ˈʃɪl iˌʃæl i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR shilly-shally ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used without object), shil·ly-shal·lied, shil·ly-shal·ly·ing.to show indecision or hesitation; be irresolute; vacillate. to waste time; dawdle. noun, plural shil·ly-shal·lies.irresolution; indecision; vacillation: It was sheer shilly-shally on his part. adjectiveirresolute; undecided; vacillating. Origin of shilly-shally1690–1700; originally repeated question, shall I? shall I? later altered on the model of its synonym dilly-dally OTHER WORDS FROM shilly-shallyshil·ly-shal·li·er, nounWords nearby shilly-shallyshillelagh, shilling, shilling mark, Shillong, Shilluk, shilly-shally, Shiloh, shilpit, shily, shim, Shimazaki Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shilly-shallyShe was not a woman weakly to accommodate herself to shilly-shally proceedings. George Eliot|Mathilde Blind Descend, sir, from your shilly-shally generalities and verbal fallacies. Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863|Adam Gurowski Which, by the way, amounts to an admission that he does shilly-shally sometimes. The Humour of Homer and Other Essays|Samuel Butler The Kaiser, instead of taking strong measures at once, pursued his usual policy of shilly-shally. The Story of Nuremberg|Cecil Headlam
British Dictionary definitions for shilly-shally/ (ˈʃɪlɪˌʃælɪ) informal /
verb -lies, -lying or -lied(intr) to be indecisive, esp over unimportant matters; hesitate noun plural -liesindecision or hesitation; vacillation Derived forms of shillyshallyshillyshallier, nounWord Origin for shillyshallyC18: from shill I shall I, by reduplication of shall I Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to shilly-shallyblow hot and cold, dally, dawdle, dodge, fluctuate, halt, hesitate, stall, trifle, vacillate, waver |