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shilly-shallying
Synonyms and Antonyms of shilly-shallying
- fortunately, during the crisis there was no shilly-shallying on the part of the president
shilly-shallying
Synonyms and Antonyms of shilly-shallying
- I didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news
balancing, dithering, faltering, halting, hanging back, hesitating, scrupling, staggering, teetering, vacillating, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)
- with dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set
fiddling (around), fooling around, messing around, monkeying (around), playing, pottering (around), puttering (around), trifling
hanging (around or out), idling, loafing, lolling, lounging
ambling, easing, inching, lumbering, plodding, sauntering, shuffling, staggering, strolling
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