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dilly-dallying
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Noun
The act or state of dilly-dallying
A disinclination to action or work
Adjective
Intended to cause delay or waste time
Wavering between different opinions or actions
Verb
Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision
Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed
(
slang, vulgar
)
Present participle for to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment
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▲
Noun
▲
The act or state of dilly-dallying
stalling
delaying
dawdling
lingering
loitering
tarrying
shilly-shallying
dragging your feet
lagging behind
hesitation
vacillation
dithering
delay
wavering
temporization
indecision
humming and hawing
hesitancy
hesitance
temporizing
US
indecisiveness
uncertainty
temporising
UK
irresolution
pause
faltering
equivocation
waiting
havering
procrastination
cunctation
hanging back
doubt
blowing hot and cold
irresoluteness
unsureness
wabbling
wobbling
shilly-shally
fence-sitting
tentativeness
second thoughts
doubtfulness
fluctuation
dubiety
pausing
oscillation
ambivalence
teetering
swithering
incertitude
postponement
deferment
hemming and hawing
kicking the can down the road
delaying tactics
adjournment
scepticism
UK
shillyshallying
timidity
skepticism
US
reluctance
demurral
lack of resolution
slowness
sitting on the fence
dilatoriness
putting off
slackness
dubiousness
inconstancy
nervousness
swither
unsteadiness
caution
diffidence
dallying
reprieve
respite
breather
recess
rest
reservation
demur
disinclination
resistance
lack of enthusiasm
idling
loafing
procrastinating
frittering
trifling
dalliance
misgiving
faint-heartedness
fumbling
stuttering
mistrust
stammering
unwillingness
averseness
half-heartedness
qualm
stumbling
indisposition
scruple
changeableness
to-and-fro
timidness
weakness
suspicion
mistrustfulness
distrustfulness
dubitation
distrust
reservations
wariness
apprehension
insecurity
unease
inconclusiveness
chariness
uneasiness
questioning
lack of confidence
disbelief
cynicism
confusion
lack of conviction
incredulity
misgivings
misbelief
unbelief
ambiguity
quandary
vagueness
reserve
umbrage
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
unclearness
perplexity
changeability
qualms
misdoubt
bewilderment
query
difficulty
inhibition
leeriness
queries
questions
suspicions
faithlessness
fear
disquiet
question mark
disquietude
lack of certainty
lack of trust
lack of faith
trust issues
woolliness
condition
silence
infirmity
trepidation
reconsideration
untrustworthiness
awkward moment
prevarication
shuffling
quibbling
hedging
qualification
quibble
parrying
fencing
cavilling
UK
conflict
contradiction
fudging
pussyfooting
evasion
opposition
dilemma
clash
haziness
muddle
haze
iffiness
equivocacy
inconsistency
gingerliness
incongruity
tergiversation
shuffle
dodging
equivocality
caviling
US
confusion dilemma
stalling for time
more ❯
Noun
▲
A disinclination to action or work
idleness
sloth
inertia
laziness
indolence
shiftlessness
sluggishness
torpor
slothfulness
lethargy
loafing
pottering
torpidity
languor
lazing
negligence
otiosity
remissness
slackness
time-wasting
trifling
hebetude
laxity
skiving
vegetating
apathy
dawdling
droning
hibernation
joblessness
laze
leisure
loitering
slouch
slowness
stupor
truancy
stagnation
unemployment
inertness
vegetation
stagnancy
lassitude
lifelessness
listlessness
doziness
dilatoriness
inactivity
dolce far niente
languidness
dullness
passivity
faineance
drowsiness
torpidness
inaction
laxness
heaviness
faineancy
lackadaisicalness
supineness
leadenness
torpescence
weariness
do-nothingness
sleepiness
languorousness
dormancy
leisureliness
immobility
dreaminess
stolidity
indifference
neglectfulness
disregard
disinterest
otioseness
enervation
impassivity
passiveness
unproductiveness
tardiness
accidie
fatigue
phlegm
tiredness
sluggardness
heedlessness
insouciance
inanition
stasis
ennui
sedentariness
fainéance
unmindfulness
unconcern
somnolence
motionlessness
still
stop
standstill
lack of effort
rest
stillness
halt
stationary
immovability
weakness
fixity
a halt
a stop
absence of movement
a standstill
lack of exertion
no effort
unwillingness
numbness
nonparticipation
narcosis
goblin mode
frailty
exhaustion
debility
neurasthenia
asthenia
anergia
feebleness
faintness
dopeyness
slacking
shirking
disinclination
procrastination
indolency
lack of energy
neglect
non-intervention
quiescence
prostration
burnout
frazzle
collapse
suspension
doldrums
acedia
fecklessness
quietude
deliquescence
deferral
depression
sluggardliness
jadedness
inactiveness
oscitancy
deadness
malaise
unresponsiveness
paralysis
immobilization
US
immobilisation
UK
disinclination to move
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Intended to cause delay or waste time
dilatory
delaying
stalling
dallying
deferring
postponing
procrastinating
shelving
tabling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
time-wasting
dawdling
Fabian
lingering
loitering
tarrying
cunctative
moratory
putting off
slow
halting
hesitant
hindering
obstructive
retardant
sluggish
unhurried
tardy
laggard
crawling
creeping
leisurely
lagging
languid
snaillike
dragging
dillydallying
pokey
poking
poky
slothful
lazy
slack
lax
indolent
idle
unhasty
sluggardly
behindhand
lollygagging
unpunctual
slow-going
late
snail-paced
flagging
slow-paced
snail-like
tortoise-like
Adjective
▲
Wavering between different opinions or actions
vacillating
undecided
wavering
unsure
uncertain
irresolute
doubtful
indecisive
hesitant
tentative
dithering
ambivalent
hesitating
unresolved
unsettled
faltering
undetermined
iffy
divided
equivocal
indefinite
teetering
shillyshallying
shilly-shallying
in two minds
of two minds
blowing hot and cold
uncommitted
in a dilemma
equivocating
in a quandary
torn
in doubt
skeptical
US
waffling
sceptical
UK
dubious
fluctuating
sitting on the fence
halting
on the fence
wishy-washy
split
unclear
unconvinced
doubting
oscillating
reluctant
noncommittal
weak
on the horns of a dilemma
not sure
distrustful
mistrustful
backward
trustless
shy
diffident
suspicious
fickle
hemming and hawing
infirm
vague
hinky
floating
unpredictable
unwilling
afraid
uneager
averse
weak-minded
vacillatory
half-hearted
disinclined
cautious
hanging back
nervous
on-the-fence
running hot and cold
hazy
timid
neutral
leery
shaky
pendulous
slow
ambiguous
loath
weak-kneed
humming and hawing
vacillant
betwixt and between
hot-and-cold
unable to decide
confused
havering
cunctatory
unsteady
unaffiliated
perplexed
insecure
unstable
independent
pussyfooting
impartial
non-aligned
non-partisan
undeclared
unattached
agnostic
faithless
pending
wobbly
unconfirmed
having misgivings
having qualms
unconfident
borderline
fluctuant
dawdling
lazy
delaying
hot and cold
like doubting Thomas
shilly-shally
touch-and-go
lacking confidence
without belief
vexed
uneventful
astraddle
changeable
feeble
changing
halfhearted
fearful
volatile
unassertive
conflicting
muddled
contradictory
conflicted
inconclusive
mixed
cagey
opposed
reticent
indisposed
weak of mind
unascertained
full of doubt
weak-willed
loth
cagy
speculative
unestablished
having opposing views
having clashing views
having conflicting views
having contradictory views
unsavoury
UK
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
questioning
unassured
chancy
untrusty
up in the air
in the balance
yet to be decided
open
uninvolved
free
nonpartisan
nonaligned
free-floating
free-spirited
fence-sitting
unidentified
unspecified
unheard of
indeterminate
abeyant
unknown
incalculable
unproven
undiscovered
unfamiliar
cut loose
not involved
middle ground
middle of the road
wobbling
swithering
unfinished
pendent
hedging your bets
in the middle
cynical
unbelieving
wary
disbelieving
chary
apprehensive
incredulous
quizzical
suspecting
careful
negativistic
guarded
circumspect
jealous
watchful
uneasy
untrusting
uptight
scoffing
distrusting
anxious
mistrusting
show-me
been hit before
lacking trust
jaundiced
wondering
paranoid
having reservations
without faith
not born yesterday
stumbling
aporetic
possessive
unimpressed
unmoved
unpersuaded
solicitous
unsatisfied
suspect
non-believing
not definite
worried
skittish
on guard
unenthusiastic
grudging
resistant
antipathetic
resisting
recalcitrant
demurring
lacking faith
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision
dallying
stalling
dawdling
delaying
dithering
procrastinating
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
trifling
faltering
hesitating
pottering
fluctuating
havering
swithering
tarrying
vacillating
lingering
loitering
shilly-shallying
killing time
marking time
wasting time
whiling away time
hemming and hawing
humming and hawing
moving slowly
blowing hot and cold
dragging your heels
playing a waiting game
pussyfooting around
wavering
scrupling
oscillating
hanging back
sitting on the fence
staggering
halting
equivocating
thinking twice
teetering
balancing
yo-yoing
wabbling
wobbling
taking one's time
pausing
taking too long
changing mind
running hot and cold
hedging
tergiversating
dillydallying
getting cold feet
hovering
doubting
balking
US
sitting on fence
holding back
baulking
UK
flip-flopping
chopping and changing
see-sawing
alternating
changing
waiting
seesawing
demurring
deferring
deliberating
keeping changing your mind
waffling
boggling
hesitating over
holding off
prevaricating
wobbling about
faffing about
swinging
going from one extreme to the other
taking your time
taking time
varying
swaying
paltering
whiffling waffling
straddling
fence-straddling
whiffling
pussyfooting
stumbling
stopping
mammering
thinking about
weighing
floundering
hanging
pondering
pulling back
shying away
debating
losing time
taking one's own sweet time
fiddling about
piddling
dodging
messing around
hanging about
hanging around
umming and ahing
retarding
postponing
protracting
prolonging
adjourning
staying
using delaying tactics
lagging
cooling
taking a raincheck
putting off doing something
suspending action
postponing action
poking
goldbricking
dragging
dragging your feet
putting off
hanging fire
deferring action
playing for time
letting something slide
kicking the can down the road
having doubts
doubting yourself
having misgivings
shying
faffing around
recoiling from
thinking twice about
having qualms about
hanging back from
having reservations about
having scruples about
shying away from
flinching from
having misgivings about
vacillating about
shrinking from
messing about
straggling
staying in the background
staying back
shrinking back
disrelishing
balking at
boggling at
sticking at
demurring about
worrying
wavering about
demurring from
stickling
minding doing something
baulking at
fretting
having qualms
jibbing
lacking conviction
harbouring reservations about
wondering about
expressing suspicions about
having doubts about
feeling uneasy about
harbouring suspicions about
having suspicions about
having hesitations about
thinking something unlikely
entertaining doubts about
fluctuating on
expressing reservations about
feeling uncertain
shrinking
hesitating to
scrupling about
more ❯
“Don't four-year-olds often
dilly-dally
, stall, and do just about everything slowly?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or act at a slow speed
dawdling
dallying
lingering
delaying
tarrying
lagging
dillydallying
diddling
poking
creeping
dragging
moping
lollygagging
lallygagging
procrastinating
stalling
idling
pottering
crawling
trifling
waiting
staying
loafing
shilly-shallying
wasting time
killing time
dragging your feet
marking time
putting off
taking your time
hanging fire
hanging about
hanging around
pottering about
pottering around
pottering round
sitting around
diddle-daddling
frittering time away
bumming around
fooling around
frittering away
hanging out
scrounging around
shlepping along
warming a chair
getting no place fast
sitting on one's butt
loitering
straggling
sauntering
mooching
lolling
dithering
lagging behind
kicking around
strolling
goofing off
wandering
meandering
horsing around
rambling
ambling
traipsing
drifting
lounging
plodding
hesitating
moseying
slouching
staggering
faltering
vacillating
pausing
puttering
whiling away time
falling behind
moving slowly
taking one's time
going slowly
temporizing
US
stonewalling
trailing
tottering
temporising
UK
filibustering
inching
limping
shuffling
lazing
waiting around
holding back
staying put
buying time
tailing
trudging
dropping
humming and hawing
hanging on
lazying
roaming
bumming
playing for time
roving
using delaying tactics
putting off doing something
playing a waiting game
chillin
chilling
footling
hanging back
dropping behind
droning
trailing behind
ranging
falling back
gallivanting
boondoggling
cruising
dragging behind
slowing down
bringing up the rear
galavanting
slowing up
inching along
falling off
kicking back
floating
batting
straying
twiddling
vegging out
hacking around
fribbling
fooling with
whiling away
trifling with
playing games
fooling about
doodling
deviating
maundering
knocking about
gadding about
playing
walking slowly
taking a stroll
strolling along
taking it easy
puttering around
messing around
fiddling around
monkeying around
goofing around
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
slang, vulgar
)
Present participle for to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment
beating the meat
idling
loitering
puttering
horsing around
lounging about
bumming around
goofing around
doing nothing much
farting around
fannying about
spinning one's wheels
dawdling
mooching
frittering
puddling around
resting on your oars
vegging out
marking time
loafing around
goofing off
doing nothing
languishing
lolling
droning
mooching around
stagnating
batting around
kicking back
dallying
slacking
fooling around
pottering
loafing about
sitting back and do nothing
puddling
going to seed
vegetating
chillin
slummocking
bumming
kicking around
lolling about
wasting time
hanging around
skiving
hanging out
killing time
batting about
lazing
sitting around
lounging around
slouching around
kicking your heels
lazing around
frittering away
lounging
mouldering
UK
slowing down
chilling
slouching about
whiling away
dillydallying
bludging
whiling
sitting back
hacking around
degenerating
lazing about
slouching
loafing
moldering
US
hanging about
bobbing off
footling
lollygagging
lazying
lolling around
taking it easy
mooching about
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dilly-dallying
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