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Shillyshally

noun
1.
The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time.  Synonyms: cunctation, procrastination.
verb
1.
Be uncertain and vague.
2.
Postpone doing what one should be doing.  Synonyms: dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall.





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"Shillyshally" Quotes from Famous Books



... you going to presuppose that a girl like Miss Pasmer is interested in an idiot like you? I mean me, of course." Mavering broke off with a dolorous laugh. "And if you can't presuppose it, what are you going to do when it comes to the point? You've got to shillyshally, and then you've got to go it blind. I tell you it's ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells


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