Dictionary Entry
shillyshally
shillyshally is a 12-letter English word with 6 senses as adverb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. Face value is 24 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 24 · Words With Friends 24 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.
- 2intransitive verb
To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles.
- 3noun
Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles.
- 4noun
the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time
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- 5verb
postpone doing what one should be doing
"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
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- 6verb
be uncertain and vague
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