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shilly-shally
(encz) | shilly-shally,váhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
shilly-shally
(encz) | shilly-shally,váhavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
shilly-shally
(encz) | shilly-shally,váhavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Shilly-shally
(gcide) | Shill-I-shall-I \Shill"-I-shall`-I\, Shilly-shally
\Shil"ly-shal`ly\, adv. [A reduplication of shall I.]
In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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Shilly-shally
(gcide) | Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, v. i.
To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy
one's self with trifles.
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Shilly-shally
(gcide) | Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, 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.
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Shilly-shally
(gcide) | Shill-I-shall-I \Shill"-I-shall`-I\, Shilly-shally
\Shil"ly-shal`ly\, adv. [A reduplication of shall I.]
In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner.
[1913 Webster]
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]Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, v. i.
To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy
one's self with trifles.
[1913 Webster]Shilly-shally \Shil"ly-shal`ly\, 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] |
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