Vacillatory

Synonyms for Vacillatory:

Sense 1

vacillant.

Sense 2

hesitant, irresolute, halting, indecisive.

Sense 3

timid, pendulous.

Sense 4

tentative.

Other synonyms and related words:

indecisive, timid, tentative, pendulous, hesitant, halting, irresolute, vacillant.

tentative (adjective)

hesitant.

vacillatory (adjective)

irresolute, tentative, vacillant, pendulous, indecisive, halting, timid.

Usage examples for Vacillatory:

• The people is in a state of the healthiest and most generous fermentation, but it may become soured and musty by the admixture of Scott- Seward vacillatory powders. - "Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862", Adam Gurowski.
• Emboldened by the vacillatory attitude of the Powers, the Hungarians began a military offensive, invading Czechoslovakia and crossing the lines of the Armistice in Rumania and Jugoslavia. - "The New Frontiers of Freedom from the Alps to the Ægean", Edward Alexander Powell.