Noun : It was sheer shilly-shally on his part. From Dictionary.com.
Quinlan: "I don't shilly-shally around on this issue.". From Wordnik.com. [For Chronic Reduplicators, Things Aren't Hunky-Dory] Reference
What mattered all her blind shilly-shally fancies about his nature not being poetic?. From Wordnik.com. [Beth Woodburn] Reference
It is war to surround Anderson with batteries, and it is shilly-shally for the south to cry 'Hands off!. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
"Yes, they were all shilly-shally from first to last," continued the old sailor, warming up to his theme. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Scientists don't have the time or resources to shilly-shally with every new idea that comes down the pike. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Shermer: The Power of Positive Skepticism: A Reply to Deepak Chopra] Reference
Taylor was a bold youth: he feared not to tell his mind to the lady; he did not stand shilly-shally, like a whimpering lover. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810] Reference
You and me might shilly-shally here on this road all day, and what surety shall we hev 'that they hevn't gone by the other road. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
Then let the men shilly-shally as much as they like. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
I'll have no more letters nor no more shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
Men liked to be talked to straight, and no shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields] Reference
Martin: Then let the men shilly-shally as much as they like. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
You're a shilly-shally fellow: you take after your poor mother. From Wordnik.com. [Silas Marner] Reference
What about the harm to me from all your theological shilly-shally?. From Wordnik.com. [The Brentons] Reference
Mar. There is no use in this shilly-shally way of yours, St. Clare!. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Slave: A Drama] Reference
He and Papa are great friends; but he really is too shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [Amours De Voyage] Reference
"There is no use in this shilly-shally way of yours, St. Clare!" said. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Tom's Cabin] Reference
Peace -- not hesitate and shilly-shally, and then go to Bournemouth, or. From Wordnik.com. [Without Prejudice] Reference
They shilly-shally, they pick and choose, they discuss, they criticise. From Wordnik.com. [Post-Prandial Philosophy] Reference
He mustn't palter, or trifle, or shilly-shally about that iron certainty. From Wordnik.com. [The Devil's Garden] Reference
"There is no use in this shilly-shally way of yours, St. Clare!" said Marie. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Tom's cabin, or Life among the lowly] Reference
It were bad enough afore, wi 'their quarrelsomeness and their shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
We go after bigger things, and don't stand shilly-shally on the brink as you do. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
Why, you sees, Captain, your time is come, and you can't shilly-shally any longer. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Clifford — Complete] Reference
They are monopolists -- severe monopolists; shilly-shally is one of their monopolies. From Wordnik.com. [Love Me Little, Love Me Long] Reference
She didn't shilly-shally, I can tell you, with that load of paving stones in her belly. From Wordnik.com. [The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story] Reference
I'll make the chance for him and the argyment too, ef so be I sees him playing shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [The Sword and the Distaff: Or, "Fair, Fat, and Forty." A Story of the South, at the Close of the Revolution by the Author of "The Partisan," "Mellichampe," "Katharine Walton," Etc. Etc.] Reference
He would shilly-shally no longer, even though he had to toss the cursed thing up on a house step. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Made Good] Reference
I’ll have no more letters nor no more shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Pendennis] Reference
"So do then; but whatever you do, don't shilly-shally no longer. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
"Say no more, say no more; I hate chitter-chatter and shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [The Sign of the Red Cross] Reference
We go after bigger things, and don’t stand shilly-shally on the brink as you do. From Wordnik.com. [The Way We Live Now] Reference
I noted in my diary: "The Powers are making a damned mess of everything by their shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle] Reference
Don't shilly-shally, girl. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Shouldn't shilly-shally about it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2008] Reference
Agnetta; "an 'I'm not agoin' to wait here while you shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [White Lilac; or the Queen of the May] Reference
"And now I votes that we tries it off-hand; what's the use of shilly-shally?. From Wordnik.com. [Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend] Reference
However, what I wished to point out to you was, that there can be no shilly-shally now. ". From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Deronda] Reference
"If I was a young man, I wouldn't shilly-shally, nor wait till I was rich, before I spoke. From Wordnik.com. [Put Yourself in His Place] Reference
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