Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

standing shilly-shally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
stand-ing shilly-shal-ly
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle of stand shilly-shally

Questions

What does standing shilly-shally mean?
present participle of stand shilly-shally

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