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shilly-shallying Definition


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shilly-shally
verb
    intr
    shilly-shallies, shilly-shallied, shilly-shallying
    1. To be indecisive; to vacillate.
adverb
    1. Indecisively.
noun
    shilly-shallies
    1. Indecision; vacillation.
Derivative: shilly-shallier
noun
    Derivative: shilly-shallying
    noun
      Etymology: 17c: reduplication of shall I?.



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