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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -shilly-shally-, *shilly-shally*, shilly-shal
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
shilly-shally(vi) ไม่แน่ใจ, See also: ลังเล, Syn. falter, waver, fluctuate

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Shilly-shally

{ } adv. [ A reduplication of shall I. ] In an irresolute, undecided, or hesitating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am somewhat dainty in making a resolution, because when I make it, I keep it; I don't stand shill-I-shall-I then; if I say 't, I'll do 't. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Shill-I-shall-I
Shilly-shally

v. i. To hesitate; to act in an irresolute manner; hence, to occupy one's self with trifles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shilly-shally

n. Irresolution; hesitation; also, occupation with trifles. [ 1913 Webster ]

She lost not one of her forty-five minutes in picking and choosing, -- no shilly-shally in Kate. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
ああでもないこうでもない[aademonaikoudemonai] (exp) humming and hawing; shilly-shallying [Add to Longdo]
遅疑逡巡[ちぎしゅんじゅん, chigishunjun] (n, vs) shilly-shally; hesitation; indecision; vacillation [Add to Longdo]
優柔不断[ゆうじゅうふだん, yuujuufudan] (n, adj-na, adj-no) shilly-shally; indecisiveness; (P) [Add to Longdo]

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