Looking for the meaning or definition of the word shillyshally? That's all it means.
the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
shillyshally(verb)be uncertain and vague
procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally(verb)postpone doing what one should be doing
"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
to show uncertainty about the right course of actionI didn't shilly-shally but instead raced to the hospital as soon as I heard the news
to move or act slowlywith dinner guests due in two hours, there was no time to shilly-shally in front of the TV set
a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of actionthe construction project was once again delayed by the bureacratic shilly-shally of regulatory agencies
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