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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
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Origin of shilly-shally
First recorded in 1690–1700; originally repeated question, shall I? shall I?; later altered on the model of its synonym dilly-dally
OTHER WORDS FROM shilly-shally
shil·ly-shal·li·er, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use shilly-shally in a sentence
You've got to shillyshally, and then you've got to go it blind.
April Hopes|William Dean HowellsThen a lot of shillyshally usually followed, Tom for and Dick and Harry against.
Ulysses|James Joyce
British Dictionary definitions for shilly-shally
Derived forms of shillyshally
shillyshallier, nounWord Origin for shillyshally
C18: from shill I shall I, by reduplication of shall I
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