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shilly-shalliedverbpast tense of shilly-shally to show uncertainty about the right course of actionI didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news balanced, dithered, faltered, halted, hesitated, hung back, scrupled, staggered, teetered, vacillated, wavered, wobbled(also wabbled) hawed, hemmeddallied, dawdled, delayed, lingered, paused, procrastinated, waitedbacked down, chickened (out)considered, debated, deliberated, pondered, weighedoscillated, swayedequivocated, hedged, pussyfooted, waffled dived (in)(or dove (in)), plunged (in) decidedbudged, stirredadvanced, continued to move or act slowlywith dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set crawled, crept, dallied, dawdled, delayed, diddled, dillydallied, dragged, lagged, lingered, loitered, lollygagged(also lallygagged), moped, poked, tarried fiddled (around), fooled around, messed around, monkeyed (around), played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifledhung (around or out)(also hanged (around or out)), idled, loafed, lolled, loungedambled, eased, inched, lumbered, plodded, sauntered, shuffled, staggered, strolleddecelerated, slowed (down or up)filibustered, procrastinated, stalled, temporized dragged one's feet(also dragged one's heels), dropped behind, fell behind, hung fire, marked time, took one's time barreled(or barrelled), bolted, careered, coursed, dashed, flew, hastened, hotfooted (it), hurried, raced, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), ripped, rocketed, rushed, scooted, scudded, scurried, sped(or speeded), tore, whirled, whisked, whizzed, zipped bowled, breezed, darted, humped, hurtled, hustled, scrambled, stampededgalloped, jogged, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), sprinted, trottedaccelerated, quickened, sped (up)(or speeded (up))caught up, fast-forwarded, outpaced, outran, outstripped, overtook |