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Synonyms & Antonyms of shilly-shallying
(Entry 1 of 3)
- fortunately, during the crisis there was no shilly-shallying on the part of the president
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adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of shilly-shallying (Entry 2 of 3)
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- aimless,
- arbitrary,
- desultory,
- erratic,
- haphazard,
- hit-or-miss,
- irregular,
- random,
- scattered,
- slapdash,
- stray
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of shilly-shallying (Entry 3 of 3)
- I didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news
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- balancing,
- dithering,
- faltering,
- halting,
- hanging back,
- hesitating,
- scrupling,
- staggering,
- teetering,
- vacillating,
- wavering,
- wobbling
- (also wabbling)
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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-shallying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shilly-shallying. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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