Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shilly-shallied

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shilly-shal-lied
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does shilly-shallied mean?
simple past and past participle of shilly-shally

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