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shilly-shalliesverbpresent tense third-person singular 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 balances, dithers, falters, halts, hangs back, hesitates, scruples, staggers, teeters, vacillates, wavers, wobbles(also wabbles) haws, hemsdallies, dawdles, delays, lingers, pauses, procrastinates, waitsbacks down, chickens (out)considers, debates, deliberates, ponders, weighsoscillates, swaysequivocates, hedges, pussyfoots, waffles dives (in), plunges (in) decidesbudges, stirsadvances, continues to move or act slowlywith dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set crawls, creeps, dallies, dawdles, delays, diddles, dillydallies, drags, lags, lingers, loiters, lollygags(also lallygags), mopes, pokes, tarries fiddles (around), fools around, messes around, monkeys (around), plays, potters (around), putters (around), trifleshangs (around or out), idles, loafs, lolls, loungesambles, eases, inches, lumbers, plods, saunters, shuffles, staggers, strollsdecelerates, slows (down or up)filibusters, procrastinates, stalls, temporizes drags one's feet(also drags one's heels), drops behind, falls behind, hangs fire, marks time, takes one's time barrels, bolts, careers, courses, dashes, flies, hastens, hotfoots (it), hurries, races, rips, rockets, runs, rushes, scoots, scuds, scurries, speeds, tears, whirls, whisks, whizzes, zips bowls, breezes, darts, humps, hurtles, hustles, scrambles, stampedesgallops, jogs, runs, sprints, trotsaccelerates, quickens, speeds (up)catches up, fast-forwards, outpaces, outruns, outstrips, overtakes |