Search Result for "shillyshally":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time;
[syn: procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally]
VERB (2)
1. be uncertain and vague;
2. postpone doing what one should be doing;
- Example: "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
[syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shill-I-shall-I \Shill"-I-shall`-I\, Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, adv. [A reduplication of shall I.] In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. [1913 Webster] I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. --Congreve. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, n. Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles. [1913 Webster] She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
