单词 | vacillatory |
释义 | vacillatoryadj. 1. Marked by vacillation. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] > of purpose, resolution, etc. softening1600 vacillatorya1734 unfirm1771 equivocal1791 vacillating1828 vacillate1830 mammered1842 ambivalent1923 hedgy1928 on-again off-again1946 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) i. i. 25 If ever such vacillatory Accounts of Affairs of State, Kings and Monarchies, were given in Print before, I am mistaken. a1835 J. Macculloch Proofs & Illustr. Attributes God (1837) III. xlii. 89 The details are far too numerous, or obscure, or vacillatory, to admit of a place here. 1851 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales II. viii. 118 My political course, I must acknowledge, has been rather vacillatory. 2. Of persons: Tending to vacillate. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] twiredec888 orrathc1175 twofoldc1175 twifoldc1200 waveringc1315 uncertain1382 suspensec1440 mammeringa1450 flowing?1504 floghtering1521 vacillant1521 in a mammering1532 double-minded1552 unstaid1561 unresolute1570 unresolved?1571 staggeringa1577 frittle1579 irresolute1579 cheverel1583 off and on1583 halting1585 unsettleda1593 unresolving1599 demurring1607 waving1611 suspensive1614 hoveringa1616 startling1619 irresolved1621 hesitating1622 indetermined1628 variousa1643 branling1645 hesitant1647 non-sincere1656 hesitatious1657 humdrum1660 shuttlecock1660 yea-and-nay1672 swaying1688 interpendent1708 undetermined1718 Squadronec1720 hesitatorya1734 volanta1734 shilly-shally1734 dilly-dally1749 niffy-naffy1765 wiggle-waggle1778 undecided1779 undecisive1780 indecisive1787 conflicted1789 hesitative1795 undeciding1802 vacillating1814 yea-nay1827 demurrant1836 willy-nilly1839 shilly-shallying1842 oscillative1852 Hamletish1854 vacillatory1854 dilly-dallying1879 thistledown1897 weak-principled1913 not-quite1920 off-again on-again1923 dithery1931 havering1975 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vii. iii. 183 Hildebrand..for the first time..is vacillatory, hesitating, doubtful. 1876 A. Trollope Amer. Senator xxxiv The Postmaster, half vacillatory, in his desire to oblige a neighbour produced the letter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.a1734 |
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