Origin of shilly-shally
1690–1700; orig. 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, nounWords nearby shilly-shally
shillelagh,
shilling,
shilling mark,
shillong,
shilluk,
shilly-shally,
shillyshally,
shiloh,
shilpit,
shily,
shim