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shilly-shallying

Variant of shilly-shally

adverb

Now Rare in a vacillating manner; irresolutely

Origin: redupl. of shall I? meaning “shall I or shall I not?”

noun

Now Rare vacillation or irresolution, esp. over a trivial matter

intransitive verb shilly-shallied, shilly-shallying

to be irresolute; vacillate, esp. over trifles

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