shilly-shally

How many syllables in shilly-shally?

  768234519 syllables

Divide shilly-shally into syllables:   shil-ly-shal-ly
Primary syllable stress:   shil-ly-shal-ly
Secondary syllable stress:   shil-ly-shal-ly
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2 syllables
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