1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shuffle.

2. (a.) Moving with a dragging, scraping step.

3. (a.) Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse.

4. (v.) In a shuffling manner.

Micawberish adrift afloat alternating alternation ambling amorphous backward bickering boggling capricious captious captiousness cautious caviling changeable changeful chicane chicanery choplogic circumspect claudicant convulsion crawling creeping creeping like snail dallying delaying deliberate derangement desultory deviable dilatory dillydallying disarrangement discomposure dislocation disorder disorganization disturbance dizzy dodging easy easygoing eccentric equivocating equivocation equivocatory erratic evasion evasive faltering fast and loose fencing fickle fitful flagging flickering flighty flitting fluctuating fluctuation foot-dragging freakish gentle giddy gradual hairsplitting halting hedging hobbled hobbling idle impetuous impulsive inconsistent inconstant indecisive indolent infirm insanity irregular irresolute irresponsible lackadaisical laggard lagging languid languorous lax lazy leisurely limping lingering logic-chopping loitering lumbering mazy mercurial misarrangement moderate moody nit-picking oscillation paltering parrying pendulation perturbation pettifoggery petty picayune poking poky prevarication procrastinating procrastinative procrastinatory pussyfooting quibbling rambling relaxed reluctant remiss restless roving sauntering scatterbrained seesawing shapeless shifting shifty sidestepping slack slothful slow slow as death slow as molasses slow as slow slow-crawling slow-foot slow-going slow-legged slow-moving slow-paced slow-poky slow-running slow-sailing slow-stepped sluggish snail-paced snaillike spasmodic spineless staggering strolling subterfuge teeter-tottering teetering tentative tergiversation toddling tortoiselike tottering trichoschistic trichoschistism trifling trivial trudging turtlelike unaccountable uncertain uncontrolled undependable undisciplined unfixed unhurried unpredictable unreliable unrestrained unsettled unstable unstable as water unstaid unsteadfast unsteady vacillating vacillation vagrant variable variation vicissitude vicissitudinary vicissitudinous volatile waddling wandering wanton wavering wavery wavy wayward whimsical wishy-washy