shilly-shally | (vi) ไม่แน่ใจ, See also: ลังเล, Syn. falter, waver, fluctuate |
hally |
shillyshally | |
shillyshallying |
shillyshally | (v) be uncertain and vague |
procrastinate | (v) postpone doing what one should be doing, Syn. shillyshally, dillydally, dilly-dally, drag one's feet, stall, drag one's heels |
procrastination | (n) the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time, Syn. cunctation, shillyshally |
Apocryphally | adv. In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Shilly-shally | I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Shill-I-shall-I |
Shilly-shally | v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Shilly-shally | n. Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles. [ 1913 Webster ] She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Whally | a. Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses. “Whally eyes.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] |
scheitelwinklig { adv } | azimuthally [Add to Longdo] |
tödlich { adv } | lethally [Add to Longdo] |
unecht { adv } | apocryphally [Add to Longdo] |
wankelmütig sein; unsicher sein | to shilly-shally [Add to Longdo] |
ああでもないこうでもない | [aademonaikoudemonai] (exp) humming and hawing; shilly-shallying [Add to Longdo] |
遅疑逡巡 | [ちぎしゅんじゅん, chigishunjun] (n, vs) shilly-shally; hesitation; indecision; vacillation [Add to Longdo] |
優柔不断 | [ゆうじゅうふだん, yuujuufudan] (n, adj-na, adj-no) shilly-shally; indecisiveness; (P) [Add to Longdo] |