Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shillyshally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shillyshal-ly
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time

Synonyms

procrastination cunctation procrastinate stall drag one's feet drag one's heels dilly-dally dillydally

Questions

What does shillyshally mean?: the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or deferring an action to a later time

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