Crossword clues for shillyshally
WordNet
shillyshally
n. the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time [syn: procrastination, cunctation]
v. be uncertain and vague
postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn: procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, dillydally]
[also: shillyshallied]
Usage examples of "shillyshally".
Let that man know you are not going to endure his shillyshallying any longer.
And, since the monitors were so heavily armored, holding them away from the landing force would be anything but easy—no wonder the Navy was shillyshallying about that.