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/vas"euh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj.marked by or displaying vacillation: a vacillatory policy of action.[1725-35; VACILLATE + -ORY1]
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Vacillatory — Vac il*la*to*ry, a. Inclined to vacillate; wavering; irresolute. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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vacillatory — vac·il·la·to·ry … English syllables
vacillatory — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ləˌtōrē, tȯrē, ri adjective : manifesting vacillation … Useful english dictionary
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