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- I didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news
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- with dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set
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shilly-shally
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of shilly-shally (Entry 2 of 3)
- the construction project was once again delayed by the bureacratic shilly-shally of regulatory agencies
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adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of shilly-shally (Entry 3 of 3)
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- aimless,
- arbitrary,
- desultory,
- erratic,
- haphazard,
- hit-or-miss,
- irregular,
- random,
- scattered,
- slapdash,
- stray
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The first known use of shilly-shally was in 1700
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