Adjective : a vacillatory policy of action. From Dictionary.com.
His response to the political crisis over his spiritual advisers has been vacillatory, not conciliatory: first he stood by them, then he distanced himself from them. From Wordnik.com. [Meanwhile, Back at Trinity United] Reference
As to money, he had given her almost carte blanche, having at one vacillatory period of his. From Wordnik.com. [The Prime Minister] Reference
They are always "struggling to survive" and the vacillatory vagueries of the parameters of "poverty" is just one of the "demons" that they bravely fight. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Hill Coffee House] Reference
As to money, he had given her almost carte blanche, having at one vacillatory period of his Prime Ministership been talked by her into some agreement with her own plans. From Wordnik.com. [The Prime Minister] Reference
For Lee, the 82nd Scripps National Spelling Bee began with the Round 1 written test, which included words such as asylum, congenital, vacillatory, onychorrhexis and abyss. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Dylan made it through rounds one and two, surviving some difficult words for a boy his age, including: civitas, vacillatory, onychorrhexis and quomodo, to name just a few. From Wordnik.com. Reference
While these vacillatory measures were going on at the viceregal palace, information was brought to the oydors, that the viceroy had drawn out his troops in the great square, with the intention of attacking them. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time] Reference
"Why, my course here in the United States," said the Old Year -- "though perhaps I ought to blush at the confession -- my political course, I must acknowledge, has been rather vacillatory, sometimes inclining toward the Whigs, then causing the administration party to shout for triumph, and now again uplifting what seemed the almost prostrate banner of the opposition; so that historians will hardly know what to make of me in this respect. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Told Tales] Reference
"though perhaps I ought to blush at the confession, -- my political course, I must acknowledge, has been rather vacillatory, sometimes inclining towards the Whigs, -- then causing the Administration party to shout for triumph, -- and now again uplifting what seemed the almost prostrate banner of the Opposition; so that historians will hardly know what to make of me, in this respect. From Wordnik.com. [The Sister Years (From "Twice Told Tales")] Reference
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