| NOUN | act | shillyshally, procrastination, cunctation | the act of procrastinating |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | stative | shillyshally | be uncertain and vague |
| stative | shillyshally, procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, dillydally | postpone doing what one should be doing |
| Meaning | The act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | procrastination, cunctation | |
| Broader | delay, holdup | The act of delaying |
| Spanish | desidia, procastinación, procrastinación | |
| Verbs | shillyshally | postpone doing what one should be doing |
| Meaning | Be uncertain and vague. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate | Be undecided about something |
| Meaning | postpone doing what one should be doing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, dilly-dally, dillydally | |
| Narrower | procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly |
| Broader | delay | Act later than planned, scheduled, or required |
| Spanish | aplazar | |
| Nouns | shillyshally | the act of procrastinating |
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