SHILLY-SHALLY

v. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.

2.
n.

Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles. She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, - - no shilly-shally in Kate. De Quincey.

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