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Shillyshally Moderate

Shillyshally has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time

Verb
1

be uncertain and vague

2

postpone doing what one should be doing

"He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
delay hover
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
procrastinate
Rhyming Words
lly ally illy elly olly tilly felly cilly colly dilly nelly gelly pilly dally pelly lally gally jilly mally celly
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