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shilly-shallying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
shilly-shal-ly-ing
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of shilly-shally

noun

An act of procrastination of vacillation.

Inflected Forms

shilly-shallyings (plural)

Questions

What does shilly-shallying mean?
present participle and gerund of shilly-shally

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