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shilly-shally

/ˈʃɪli ʃæli/verb

उच्चारण शिली शैली

आगा-पीछा करना, दुविधा में रहना, टालमटोल करना

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verbshilly-shallies, shilly-shallied, shilly-shallying
  1. 1

    [I] informal, disapproving

    to take a long time to make a decision because you cannot make up your mind

    आगा-पीछा करना, दुविधा में रहना, टालमटोल करना

    • Stop shilly-shallying and tell us your decision.
    • The government shilly-shallied for months over the new policy.

    Synonyms dither vacillate waver hesitate hum and haw

    Opposite decide act

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

dither vacillate waver hesitate hum and haw

Antonyms

decide act

?Which word?

Do not confuse shilly-shally (to be unable to decide) and dilly-dally (to waste time by being slow).

Shilly-shally (निर्णय न ले पाना) और dilly-dally (धीमेपन से समय बरबाद करना) में भ्रम न करें।