| dilly-dally | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stall | postpone doing what one should be doing.; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly.; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" |
| procrastinate | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. procrastinate | postpone or delay needlessly.; "He procrastinated the matter until it was almost too late" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, stall, shillyshally | postpone doing what one should be doing.; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" |
| shillyshally | | |
| n. (act) | 1. cunctation, procrastination, shillyshally | the act of procrastinating; putting off or delaying or defering an action to a later time. |
| ~ delay, holdup | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. |
| v. (stative) | 2. shillyshally | be uncertain and vague. |
| ~ hover, oscillate, vacillate, vibrate | be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement" |
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