Usually means: Hesitate, dither in making decisions.
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  1. shilly-shally: Merriam-Webster
  2. shilly-shally: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shilly-shally: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shilly-shally: Wordnik
  5. shilly-shally: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. shilly-shally: Wiktionary
  7. shilly-shally: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. shilly-shally: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. shilly-shally: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. shilly-shally: Dictionary.com
  11. shilly-shally: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Shilly-shally: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. shilly-shally: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Shilly-shally: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. shilly-shally: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. shilly-shally: FreeDictionary.org
  17. shilly-shally: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. shilly-shally: A Word A Day

(Note: See shilly-shallied as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (informal) To procrastinate.
verb:  (informal) To vacillate.
adjective:  (informal) Indecisive; wavering.
noun:  (informal) Indecision; irresolution.

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