shilly-shallying
Speech parts
1. shilly-shallying - Noun
2. shilly-shallying - Verb
Meaning
shilly-shallying
present participle of shilly-shally
shilly-shallying (plural shilly-shallyings)
The action of the verb
Synonyms
oscillating
indecisive
stalling
indecision
wavering
procrastination
irresolute
hesitating
indecisiveness
ambivalent
undecided
vacillating
vacillation
irresolution
hesitant
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That Scott Morrison, for all his smug shilly-shallying, has been dragged feet-first into a kind of Keynesian socialism.
“Let’s have no shilly-shallying.”