shillyshally : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shillyshally	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for shillyshally
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shillyshally n the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time Synonym(s): procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally v be uncertain and vague postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" Synonym(s): procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shill-I-shall-I \Shill"-I-shall`-I\, Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, adv. [A reduplication of shall I.] In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. --Congreve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, 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.