Thesaurus / shilly shally
other words for shilly shally
MOST RELEVANT
- afraid
- averse
- backward
- dawdling
- delaying
- diffident
- disinclined
- doubtful
- doubting
- faltering
- half-hearted
- halting
- hesitating
- indecisive
- irresolute
- lacking confidence
- lazy
- loath
- pendulous
- reluctant
- shilly-shally
- shy
- skeptical
- slow
- tentative
- timid
- uneager
- unpredictable
- unsure
- unwilling
- vacillating
- vacillatory
- wavering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
You that haven't a bit or a sup but what comes from him, and you to stand shilly-shallying!
AN OLD MAN'S LOVEANTHONY TROLLOPE
There would be none of this shilly-shallying back-and-forth work then!
JOAN OF THE SWORD HANDS(AMUEL) R(UTHERFORD) CROCKETT
We will make no further pretence, and lest I lose you by further shilly-shallying, we will start upon our journey at once.
ROMANCE OF ROMAN VILLASELIZABETH W. (ELIZBETH WILLIAMS) CHAMPNEY
However, one thing was certain: there must be no shilly-shallying.
TALES OF NORTHUMBRIAHOWARD PEASE
Strange that people will have so much faith in shilly-shally!
CHARLES SUMNER; HIS COMPLETE WORKS, VOLUME 7 (OF 20)CHARLES SUMNER
Can't you see that you are driving me distracted with your shilly-shallying?
A CRIME OF THE UNDER-SEASGUY BOOTHBY
"I have little experience of shilly-shally methods," replied his visitor.
THE OPEN QUESTIONELIZABETH ROBINS
No more shilly-shallying—he had thrown the dice and lost and must pay the stakes.
THE MAN AND THE MOMENTELINOR GLYN
Why don't they go into the place, without all this shilly-shallying?
THE THIN RED LINE; AND BLUE BLOODARTHUR GRIFFITHS
I hear the shilly-shally policy of the English Government bitterly condemned.
CITIES OF THE DAWNJ. EWING RITCHIE