Noun : It was sheer shilly-shally on his part. From Dictionary.com.
(John M'Iver the humblest of its members) built up on doubt and whim and shillyshally hither and yond?. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
'Two not sound, five true as steel, and the rest shillyshally. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
And you'd shillyshally around, and throw over the true, noble hero to whom you owe everything -- whom you've pretended you loved -- to run after a title, an Englishman, when you could have that big-hearted American! ". From Wordnik.com. [Out of the Primitive] Reference
They mustn't shillyshally this way. From Wordnik.com. [The Bad Man] Reference
I've had enough of this shillyshally. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Mark Of Cain] Reference
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