"vacillative" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more vacillative [comparative], most vacillative [superlative]
Etymology: From vacillate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|vacillate|ive}} vacillate + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} vacillative (comparative more vacillative, superlative most vacillative)
  1. (rare) Tending to vacillate. Tags: rare
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