Thesaurus / shilly-shally
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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 TROLLOPEThere would be none of this shilly-shallying back-and-forth work then!
JOAN OF THE SWORD HANDS(AMUEL) R(UTHERFORD) CROCKETTWe 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) CHAMPNEYHowever, one thing was certain: there must be no shilly-shallying.
TALES OF NORTHUMBRIAHOWARD PEASEStrange that people will have so much faith in shilly-shally!
CHARLES SUMNER; HIS COMPLETE WORKS, VOLUME 7 (OF 20)CHARLES SUMNERCan'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 ROBINSNo more shilly-shallying—he had thrown the dice and lost and must pay the stakes.
THE MAN AND THE MOMENTELINOR GLYNWhy don't they go into the place, without all this shilly-shallying?
THE THIN RED LINE; AND BLUE BLOODARTHUR GRIFFITHSI hear the shilly-shally policy of the English Government bitterly condemned.
CITIES OF THE DAWNJ. EWING RITCHIESYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 20, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO SHILLY-SHALLY
- adjourned
- arrested
- balked
- barred
- blew the whistle on
- blocked
- broke off
- brought to an end
- brought to standstill
- called it a day
- came to an end
- ceased
- ceased fire
- checked
- closed down
- cool it
- curbed
- cut short
- desisted
- deterred
- drew up
- drop anchor
- ended
- frustrated
- hampered
- held at bay
- held back
- impeded
- intermited
- interrupted
- obstructed
- paused
- pulled up
- punctuated
- put a cork in
- rested
- stalled
- stayed
- stemmed
- stood still
- stopped
- suspended
- terminated
- waited
- be noncommittal
- beat around the bush
- blow hot and cold
- cop a plea
- cop out
- duck
- equivocate
- evade
- flip-flop
- fudge
- give the run around
- hem and haw
- jive
- pass the buck
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- run around
- shilly-shally
- shuck
- shuffle
- sidestep
- sit on the fence
- stall
- stonewall
- temporize
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- waffle
- beating around the bush
- being noncommittal
- blowing hot and cold
- copping a plea
- copping out
- ducking
- equivocating
- evading
- flip-flopping
- fudging
- giving the run around
- hem and haw
- jiving
- passing the buck
- prevaricating
- pussyfooting
- quibbling
- running around
- shilly-shallying
- shucking
- shuffling
- sidestepping
- sitting on the fence
- stalling
- stonewalling
- temporizing
- tergiversating
- tergiversing
- waffling
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- to-and-fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresolution
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- to-and-fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- averseness
- dawdling
- delay
- delaying
- demurral
- doubt
- dubiety
- equivocation
- faltering
- fluctuation
- fumbling
- hemming and hawing
- hesitancy
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- indisposition
- irresoluteness
- misgiving
- mistrust
- oscillation
- pause
- procrastination
- qualm
- reluctance
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticism
- stammering
- stumbling
- stuttering
- tentativeness
- timidity
- timidness
- to-and-fro
- unwillingness
- vacillation
- wavering
- be apprehensive of
- be curious
- be dubious
- be in a quandary
- be puzzled
- be uncertain
- be undetermined
- call in question
- challenge
- demur
- disbelieve
- discredit
- dispute
- distrust
- fear
- fluctuate
- give no credence
- harbor suspicion
- have one's doubts
- have qualms
- hesitate
- imagine
- impugn
- insinuate
- misgive
- mistrust
- not buy
- query
- question
- read differently
- scruple
- shilly-shally
- skepticize
- smell a rat
- surmise
- suspect
- take dim view of
- vacillate
- waver
- wonder
- wonder at
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