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shilly-shallyverb 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 balance, dither, falter, halt, hang back, hesitate, scruple, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble(also wabble) haw, hemdally, dawdle, delay, linger, pause, procrastinate, waitback down, chicken (out)consider, debate, deliberate, ponder, weighoscillate, swayequivocate, hedge, pussyfoot, waffle dive (in), plunge (in) decidebudge, stiradvance, continue to move or act slowlywith dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set crawl, creep, dally, dawdle, delay, diddle, dillydally, drag, lag, linger, loiter, lollygag(also lallygag), mope, poke, tarry fiddle (around), fool around, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), triflehang (around or out), idle, loaf, loll, loungeamble, ease, inch, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stagger, strolldecelerate, slow (down or up)filibuster, procrastinate, stall, temporize drag one's feet(also drag one's heels), drop behind, fall behind, hang fire, mark time, take one's time barrel, bolt, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hotfoot (it), hurry, race, rip, rocket, run, rush, scoot, scud, scurry, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, whiz(or whizz), zip bowl, breeze, dart, hump, hurtle, hustle, scramble, stampedegallop, jog, run, sprint, trotaccelerate, quicken, speed (up)catch up, fast-forward, outpace, outrun, outstrip, overtake a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of actionthe construction project was once again delayed by the bureacratic shilly-shally of regulatory agencies faltering, fence-sitting, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, pause, shilly-shallying, vacillation, wavering, wobbling(also wabbling) delay, hawing, procrastination, waitingarrière-pensée, misgiving, second thoughtconsideration, debate, deliberation, doubt, incertitude, indecisiveness, indetermination, uncertainness, uncertaintyavoidance, equivocationaversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingnessfaintheartedness, shyness, timidity, timidness certainty, certitude, confidence, decisiveness, determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, surenessalacrity, eagerness, readiness in 1700 |