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shilly-shallies
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Verb
To fail to act resolutely or decisively
To move or act at a slow speed
To feel uncertain about something
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet
To take or perform in turns, changing back and forth or in succession
To have doubts or suspicions about
To waste time by doing nothing in particular
Noun
Plural for the quality or state of being uncertain or hesitant
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Verb
▲
To fail to act resolutely or decisively
hesitates
wavers
vacillates
dithers
falters
fluctuates
havers
swithers
scruples
staggers
teeters
halts
oscillates
stalls
wabbles
wobbles
balances
procrastinates
trifles
dodges
dilly-dallies
hums and haws
blows hot and cold
hangs back
hems and haws
sits on the fence
wastes time
hangs about
hangs around
messes around
ums and ahs
pussyfoots around
yo-yos
equivocates
delays
dawdles
temporizes
US
dallies
pauses
demurs
temporises
UK
lingers
hovers
boggles
thinks twice
changes mind
changes
hedges
alternates
seesaws
tergiversates
waffles
flip-flops
tarries
runs hot and cold
drags your heels
holds off
gets cold feet
faffs about
swings
waits
dillydallies
doubts
deliberates
defers
varies
shies
sways
balks
US
lags
shrinks from
prevaricateth
loiters
faffs around
baulks
UK
goes from one extreme to the other
plays a waiting game
chops and changes
has scruples about
has misgivings about
prevaricates
drags your feet
thinks twice about
holds back
messes about
vacillates about
flinches from
shies away
hangs back from
has qualms about
hangs fire
keeps changing your mind
recoils from
shies away from
shrinks back
straggles
stays back
whiffles waffles
palters
stays in the background
fence-straddles
whiffles
straddles
potters
kills time
marks time
moves slowly
whiles away time
disrelishes
wavers about
has reservations about
demurs about
balks at
demurs from
boggles at
worries
has qualms
frets
sticks at
baulks at
stickles
minds doing something
defers action
drags
takes a raincheck
plays for time
goldbricks
prolongs
puts off
postpones action
suspends action
pokes
kicks the can down the road
stays
uses delaying tactics
adjourns
puts off doing something
postpones
retards
cools
lets something slide
protracts
jibs
scruples about
hesitates to
shrinks
pussyfoots
stumbles
stops
flounders
ponders
pulls back
mammers
debates
hangs
weighs
sits on fence
thinks about
more ❯
“You know, you can
shilly-shally
around, but if you want your players to win then you have to give them everything you can.”
Verb
▲
To move or act at a slow speed
dallies
dawdles
delays
lingers
tarries
lags
dillydallies
loiters
diddles
crawls
creeps
pokes
drags
mopes
lollygags
lallygags
drags your feet
procrastinates
idles
straggles
puts off
dilly-dallies
takes one's time
takes your time
hesitates
plods
stalls
pauses
falls behind
gets no place fast
hangs around
marks time
lags behind
dithers
slouches
wastes time
drops behind
hangs about
hangs fire
limps
inches
trails
loafs
mooches
saunters
falters
staggers
temporizes
US
shuffles
stays
trifles
filibusters
waits
warms a chair
fools around
kills time
hangs back
goes slowly
sits around
goof around
temporises
UK
potters about
potters round
vacillates
trails behind
goofs off
moves slowly
potters around
lolls
slows down
stays put
strolls
moseys
shirks
slacks
putters
stonewalls
totters
plays a waiting game
buys time
hangs on
plays for time
hums and haws
holds back
uses delaying tactics
waits around
puts off doing something
horses around
whiles away time
potters
fritters time away
sits on one's butt
fritters away
shleps along
bums around
scrounges around
diddle-daddles
hangs out
drifts
fiddles
bats
languishes
droops
moons
stooges
tails
inches along
drags behind
slows up
brings up the rear
falls off
falls back
drops
trudges
loses time
hangs round
bides
noses
snails
oozes
appears to pass slowly
goes on and on
wears on
limps along
draggles
advances slowly
hangs heavy
becomes tedious
goes on too long
creaks along
creeps along
toddles
schlepps along
ambles
wanders
hobbles
meanders
traipses
rambles
roams
roves
drags oneself
walks slowly
drags along
drags on
keeps going
keeps on
plods on
goes on
carries on
passes slowly
more ❯
Verb
▲
To feel uncertain about something
doubts
hesitates
wavers
vacillates
dithers
sways
falters
fluctuates
havers
oscillates
demurs
swithers
has doubts
chops and changes
feels uncertain
wonders about
blows hot and cold
lacks conviction
thinks something unlikely
has doubts about
has reservations about
keeps changing your mind
sits on the fence
entertains doubts about
expresses reservations about
expresses suspicions about
feels uneasy about
fluctuates on
harbours reservations about
harbours suspicions about
has hesitations about
has suspicions about
doubts yourself
Verb
▲
To speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive
equivocates
tergiversates
prevaricates
prevaricateth
waffles
pussyfoots
fudges
dodges
hedges
flannels
fences
weasels
sidesteps
evades
quibbles
stalls
temporises
UK
temporizes
US
parries
stonewalls
shuffles
cavils
palters
cons
jives
adumbrates
fibs
lies
pettifogs
subtilizes
dodges the issue
parries questions
beats about the bush
evades the issue
hums and haws
fudges the issue
hems and haws
sits on the fence
ducks the question
shuffles about
cops out
ducks the issue
pussyfoots around
beats around the bush
avoids the issue
minces words
begs the question
blows hot and cold
stalls for time
covers up
runs around
straddles the fence
cops a plea
passes the buck
clouds the issue
gives run around
tells white lie
minces matters
vacillates
sidesteps the issue
hesitates
ducks
avoids
shifts
shirks
shucks
skirts
falsifies
misrepresents
blathers
skirts the issue
plays it close to the vest
wavers
flip-flops
hedges your bets
shuffles around
gives the run around
dances around
fast-talks
shifts ground about
gives nothing away
dodges the question
straddles an issue
plays your cards close to your chest
eludes
circumvents
gets around
balks
US
eschews
bypasses
baulks
UK
gives the runaround
dances around an issue
worms one's way out of
gets out of
finds a way round
skirts round
rambles
beats about the bush about
quibbles about
cops out of
beats around bush
fends off
avoids answering
shuns
skulks
cheats
flees
welshes
reneges
goldbricks
malingers
slips
shuffles off
sloughs off
slips out
puts off
sneaks away
escapes
shakes
beats
shortcuts
skips
jukes
ditches
gives a wide berth to
goes around
steers clear of
skips out on
shakes off
gives the slip
more ❯
Verb
▲
To walk while shuffling or dragging the feet
shambles
shuffles
stumbles
lumbers
strolls
trudges
ambles
creeps
plods
sloughs
totters
traipses
dodders
loafs
lolls
mopes
moseys
rambles
saunters
tramps
waddles
wanders
barges
clumps
crawls
drifts
flounders
galumphs
limps
lumps
scuffs
scuffles
skulks
slogs
stamps
stomps
stumps
tromps
changes
drags
flogs
lurches
pounds
shifts
straggles
loiters
walks
drags your feet
goes slowly
Verb
▲
To take or perform in turns, changing back and forth or in succession
alternates
changes
wavers
fluctuates
oscillates
shifts
swings
varies
vacillates
switches
exchanges
swaps
alters
sways
interchanges
substitutes
seesaws
rotates
staggers
intersperses
yo-yos
takes turns
acts in sequence
works in sequence
blows hot and cold
take it in turns
occurs in rotation
occurs in turn
takes in turn
acts reciprocally
moves between
takes in rotation
comes and goes
fills in for
follows one another
gives turns to
chops and changes
follows in turn
mutates
moves
segues
recasts
transitions
retracts
reverses
recalibrates
flip-flops
yo-yos on
transforms
turns
displaces
digresses
goes up and down
hems and haws
ebbs and flows
differs
undulates
goes back and forth
goes from one extreme to the other
depends
veers
teeters
wobbles
snaps
totters
vibrates
waves
flutters
rises and falls
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have doubts or suspicions about
misdoubts
suspects
doubts
distrusts
mistrusts
disbelieves
questions
disputes
discredits
queries
challenges
wonders
misbelieves
impugns
misgives
skepticizes
fears
scruples
fluctuates
hesitates
vacillates
wavers
wonders about
smells a rat
harbors suspicion
has qualms
not buys
calls in question
wonders at
gives no credence
has doubts
Verb
▲
To waste time by doing nothing in particular
wastes time
dawdles
lolls
idles
dallies
lazes
bums
loafs
lazies
lounges
chills
relaxes
lollygags
hangs about
hangs around
goofs off
kills time
kicks around
kicks back
vegges out
lolls around
hacks around
fritters away time
lounges about
hangs out
twiddles thumbs
lazes about
whiles away the time
fills in time
passes the time
sits on one's hands
idles away time
idles away the hours
consumes time
amuses oneself
chills out
messes around
fritters away
whiles away time
burns daylight
does nothing in particular
Noun
▲
Plural for the quality or state of being uncertain or hesitant
waverings
hesitancy
vacillation
indecision
irresolution
hesitation
falterings
pauses
hesitance
wabblings
wobblings
shilly-shallyings
indecisiveness
irresoluteness
equivocation
tentativeness
fluctuation
oscillation
doubt
dubiety
scepticism
UK
delays
uncertainty
skepticism
US
fumblings
qualms
stumblings
scruples
misgivings
stammerings
demurrals
dawdlings
mistrust
stutterings
delayings
timidness
reluctance
unwillingness
procrastination
indispositions
timidity
to-and-fros
averseness
unsureness
ditherings
incertitudes
temporization
stallings
cunctation
temporisings
UK
waiting
second thoughts
temporizings
US
ambivalence
doubtfulness
changeability
inconclusivenesses
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
inconstancy
silence
nervousness
diffidence
pausings
dubiousness
woolliness
vagueness
unclearness
weaknesses
half-heartedness
reservation
chariness
insecurities
wariness
distrustfulness
suspicions
dubitation
mistrustfulness
uneasiness
distrust
unease
quandaries
ambiguity
apprehensions
confusion
bewilderments
leeriness
fear
disbelief
disquietude
queries
questionings
disquiet
faithlessness
incredulity
misbeliefs
unbelief
difficulty
question marks
umbrage
perplexity
reserve
cynicism
inhibition
reconsiderations
trepidation
disinclination
resistance
demurs
lingerings
reprieves
tarryings
loitering
postponement
deferments
breathers
dilatoriness
dallyings
respite
adjournments
slowness
recess
rest
slackness
clashes
gingerliness
contradiction
oppositions
incongruity
muddles
haze
iffiness
conflicts
haziness
dilemmas
equivocacy
inconsistency
qualifications
quibblings
shufflings
evasion
tergiversation
parryings
prevarication
dodgings
quibbles
cavilings
US
equivocality
shuffles
hedgings
cavillings
UK
fencing
more ❯
“The
shilly-shally
of the politician was evident in his constant changing of positions on the important issue.”
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