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dilly-dallying
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Noun
The act or state of dilly-dallying
A state of not acting due to laziness or sluggishness
The act of postponing, delaying, or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally
An instance of wasting of time in idleness or trifles
Adjective
Intended to cause delay or waste time
Wavering between different opinions or actions
Verb
Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision
(
slang, vulgar
)
Present participle for to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment
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▲
Noun
▲
The act or state of dilly-dallying
stalling
dawdling
delaying
loitering
lingering
tarrying
shilly-shallying
dragging your feet
lagging behind
“He was tired of their constant
dilly-dallying
, as it prevented any progress from being made.”
Noun
▲
A state of not acting due to laziness or sluggishness
inactivity
laziness
lethargy
indolence
sluggishness
shiftlessness
sloth
slothfulness
slowness
vegetation
lassitude
lifelessness
stagnancy
torpor
dilatoriness
doziness
listlessness
dawdling
laze
lazing
leisure
loafing
loitering
pottering
time-wasting
torpidity
trifling
truancy
vegetating
dolce far niente
inertia
otiosity
stupor
hibernation
slouch
droning
joblessness
languor
apathy
slackness
hebetude
remissness
negligence
laxity
stagnation
skiving
idleness
unemployment
inertness
idlehood
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of postponing, delaying, or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally
procrastination
delay
hesitation
stalling
dithering
vacillation
deferment
postponement
slowness
dilatoriness
slackness
adjournment
temporization
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
shilly-shallying
humming and hawing
delaying tactics
kicking the can down the road
putting off
wavering
hesitancy
hesitance
indecision
faltering
uncertainty
pause
indecisiveness
equivocation
irresolution
waiting
cunctation
havering
doubt
irresoluteness
hanging back
unsureness
blowing hot and cold
tentativeness
wabbling
wobbling
dawdling
delaying
shilly-shally
fence-sitting
second thoughts
dubiety
fluctuation
doubtfulness
oscillation
incertitude
pausing
ambivalence
swithering
teetering
hemming and hawing
skepticism
US
reluctance
demurral
timidity
scepticism
UK
shillyshallying
lack of resolution
sitting on the fence
diffidence
misgiving
qualm
dubiousness
mistrust
nervousness
scruple
indisposition
unwillingness
stumbling
fumbling
stuttering
stammering
averseness
weakness
timidness
to-and-fro
reservation
disinclination
resistance
half-heartedness
demur
lack of enthusiasm
lingering
loitering
dallying
tarrying
reprieve
respite
breather
recess
dragging your feet
rest
lagging behind
inconstancy
swither
suspicion
distrustfulness
dubitation
mistrustfulness
distrust
reservations
wariness
apprehension
insecurity
unease
chariness
uneasiness
questioning
lack of confidence
inconclusiveness
disbelief
cynicism
confusion
lack of conviction
incredulity
misgivings
misbelief
unbelief
ambiguity
quandary
reserve
umbrage
vagueness
indefiniteness
indeterminacy
changeability
unclearness
perplexity
qualms
misdoubt
bewilderment
query
difficulty
inhibition
leeriness
queries
suspicions
questions
fear
disquiet
faithlessness
question mark
disquietude
lack of certainty
lack of trust
lack of faith
trust issues
condition
woolliness
silence
trepidation
reconsideration
awkward moment
infirmity
prevarication
contradiction
conflict
muddle
opposition
dilemma
clash
haze
iffiness
haziness
shuffling
quibbling
gingerliness
incongruity
equivocacy
inconsistency
hedging
qualification
confusion dilemma
cavilling
UK
quibble
parrying
fencing
fudging
evasion
pussyfooting
tergiversation
shuffle
dodging
equivocality
caviling
US
stalling for time
more ❯
Noun
▲
An instance of wasting of time in idleness or trifles
dalliance
dawdling
idling
loafing
frittering
loitering
procrastinating
procrastination
delay
delaying
trifling
Adjective
▲
Intended to cause delay or waste time
dilatory
delaying
stalling
dallying
deferring
postponing
procrastinating
shelving
tabling
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
time-wasting
dawdling
Fabian
lingering
loitering
tarrying
cunctative
moratory
putting off
slow
halting
hesitant
hindering
obstructive
retardant
attritional
Adjective
▲
Wavering between different opinions or actions
vacillating
undecided
wavering
unsure
uncertain
irresolute
doubtful
indecisive
hesitant
tentative
dithering
ambivalent
hesitating
unresolved
unsettled
faltering
undetermined
iffy
divided
equivocal
indefinite
teetering
shillyshallying
shilly-shallying
in two minds
of two minds
blowing hot and cold
uncommitted
in a dilemma
equivocating
in a quandary
torn
in doubt
skeptical
US
sceptical
UK
waffling
dubious
sitting on the fence
fluctuating
halting
on the fence
doubting
wishy-washy
split
unclear
unconvinced
reluctant
oscillating
noncommittal
backward
weak
on the horns of a dilemma
diffident
shy
not sure
distrustful
mistrustful
trustless
suspicious
unpredictable
fickle
unwilling
hemming and hawing
averse
afraid
uneager
infirm
vague
hinky
disinclined
vacillatory
floating
half-hearted
hanging back
timid
weak-minded
cautious
nervous
on-the-fence
running hot and cold
pendulous
slow
hazy
loath
neutral
vacillant
leery
shaky
ambiguous
weak-kneed
humming and hawing
betwixt and between
hot-and-cold
unable to decide
confused
lazy
delaying
dawdling
havering
cunctatory
unsteady
impartial
pending
perplexed
independent
insecure
unstable
pussyfooting
unaffiliated
shilly-shally
lacking confidence
faithless
agnostic
unattached
undeclared
wobbly
non-partisan
non-aligned
unconfirmed
having qualms
having misgivings
unconfident
fluctuant
borderline
hot and cold
like doubting Thomas
touch-and-go
without belief
vexed
uneventful
astraddle
changeable
feeble
changing
halfhearted
fearful
volatile
cagey
unassertive
conflicting
muddled
reticent
indisposed
conflicted
contradictory
inconclusive
mixed
unascertained
opposed
speculative
unestablished
loth
cagy
weak of mind
open
full of doubt
fly-by-night
unsavory
US
questioning
unassured
unsavoury
UK
chancy
untrusty
indeterminate
weak-willed
abeyant
unspecified
unknown
incalculable
unproven
having opposing views
having clashing views
uninvolved
having conflicting views
having contradictory views
nonpartisan
in the balance
up in the air
yet to be decided
nonaligned
free
free-floating
middle of the road
free-spirited
fence-sitting
not involved
wobbling
swithering
unfinished
pendent
hedging your bets
in the middle
cynical
unbelieving
wary
disbelieving
apprehensive
chary
incredulous
quizzical
suspecting
careful
negativistic
guarded
jealous
circumspect
watchful
uneasy
untrusting
uptight
scoffing
been hit before
distrusting
anxious
mistrusting
show-me
lacking trust
jaundiced
wondering
paranoid
having reservations
without faith
not born yesterday
stumbling
aporetic
possessive
solicitous
unimpressed
unmoved
unpersuaded
unsatisfied
suspect
worried
skittish
non-believing
on guard
unenthusiastic
grudging
resistant
antipathetic
resisting
recalcitrant
demurring
lacking faith
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to waste time through aimless wandering or indecision
dallying
stalling
dawdling
delaying
dithering
procrastinating
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
trifling
faltering
hesitating
pottering
fluctuating
havering
swithering
tarrying
vacillating
lingering
loitering
shilly-shallying
killing time
marking time
wasting time
whiling away time
hemming and hawing
humming and hawing
moving slowly
blowing hot and cold
dragging your heels
playing a waiting game
pussyfooting around
wavering
scrupling
dillydallying
staggering
idling
hanging back
sitting on the fence
halting
lagging
dragging
moping
poking
equivocating
taking one's time
lollygagging
pausing
oscillating
thinking twice
teetering
creeping
diddling
crawling
lallygagging
balancing
fooling around
hanging about
yo-yoing
dragging your feet
putting off
wabbling
wobbling
waiting
straggling
taking too long
taking your time
holding back
goofing off
hanging around
sauntering
mooching
hedging
tergiversating
hovering
staying
doubting
balking
US
lolling
puttering
sitting on fence
kicking around
baulking
UK
lagging behind
changing mind
pottering around
getting no place fast
messing around
getting cold feet
running hot and cold
hanging fire
loafing
horsing around
wandering
meandering
rambling
strolling
ambling
traipsing
drifting
alternating
changing
seesawing
plodding
demurring
lounging
deferring
slouching
moseying
deliberating
see-sawing
pottering about
falling behind
hanging out
waffling
boggling
playing for time
chopping and changing
pottering round
using delaying tactics
frittering away
putting off doing something
bumming around
keeping changing your mind
sitting around
flip-flopping
hesitating over
holding off
faffing about
prevaricating
going from one extreme to the other
taking time
waiting around
staying put
filibustering
tottering
hanging on
buying time
stonewalling
varying
swaying
whiffling waffling
paltering
swinging
going slowly
straddling
fence-straddling
whiffling
pussyfooting
stumbling
umming and ahing
dodging
trailing
stopping
floundering
pondering
debating
mammering
thinking about
weighing
hanging
pulling back
shying away
inching
roaming
limping
losing time
taking one's own sweet time
fiddling about
piddling
roving
shuffling
retarding
postponing
prolonging
adjourning
protracting
slowing up
tailing
dragging behind
inching along
bringing up the rear
dropping
dropping behind
trailing behind
trudging
falling off
falling back
slowing down
ranging
gallivanting
taking a raincheck
suspending action
postponing action
goldbricking
cooling
deferring action
letting something slide
kicking the can down the road
cruising
lazing
twiddling
fooling with
vegging out
bumming
lazying
trifling with
kicking back
chilling
footling
droning
chillin
whiling away
hacking around
playing games
boondoggling
fooling about
galavanting
floating
slacking off
diddling around
mucking about
lounging around
fribbling
batting
straying
puttering around
fiddling around
gadding about
playing
deviating
walking slowly
doodling
taking a stroll
strolling along
monkeying around
knocking about
goofing around
maundering
taking it easy
shlepping along
sitting on one's butt
diddle-daddling
scrounging around
frittering time away
warming a chair
more ❯
“Don't four-year-olds often
dilly-dally
, stall, and do just about everything slowly?”
Verb
▲
(
slang, vulgar
)
Present participle for to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment
beating the meat
idling
loitering
puttering
horsing around
lounging about
bumming around
goofing around
doing nothing much
farting around
fannying about
spinning one's wheels
dawdling
mooching
frittering
puddling around
resting on your oars
vegging out
marking time
loafing around
goofing off
doing nothing
languishing
lolling
droning
mooching around
stagnating
batting around
kicking back
dallying
slacking
fooling around
pottering
loafing about
sitting back and do nothing
puddling
going to seed
vegetating
chillin
slummocking
bumming
kicking around
lolling about
wasting time
hanging around
skiving
hanging out
killing time
batting about
lazing
sitting around
lounging around
slouching around
kicking your heels
lazing around
frittering away
lounging
mouldering
UK
slowing down
chilling
slouching about
whiling away
dillydallying
bludging
whiling
sitting back
hacking around
degenerating
lazing about
slouching
loafing
moldering
US
hanging about
bobbing off
footling
lollygagging
lazying
lolling around
taking it easy
mooching about
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