dithering

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of dither

plural ditherings

1. The act of one who dithers.

   Even though it became clear as early as 1766 that a separate policy for Quebec was required, eight long years of delays and ditherings lay between that recognition and actual legislation in the Quebec Act.

   2002, Susan Mann, Dream of Nation, page 36

comparative more dithering · superlative most dithering