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11dilatory — [adj] procrastinating backward, behindhand, dallying, delaying, deliberate, laggard, late, lax, lazy, leisurely, lingering, loitering, moratory, neglectful, negligent, putting off, remiss, slack, slow, sluggish, snail like*, tardy, tarrying, time …
12dilatory — ► ADJECTIVE 1) slow to act. 2) intended to cause delay. DERIVATIVES dilatoriness noun. ORIGIN Latin dilatorius, from dilator delayer …
13dilatory — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French dilatorie, Late Latin dilatorius, from Latin differre (past participle dilatus) to postpone, differ more at differ, tolerate Date: 15th century 1. tending or intended to cause delay < dilator …
14dilatory — [[t]dɪ̱lətri, AM tɔːri[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is dilatory is slow and causes delay. [FORMAL] You might expect politicians to smooth things out when civil servants are being dilatory …
15dilatory — adjective 1) he had been dilatory in appointing an executor Syn: slow, tardy, unhurried, sluggish, sluggardly, snaillike, lazy Ant: fast, prompt 2) dilatory procedural tactics Syn …
16dilatory — /ˈdɪlətri / (say diluhtree), / təri/ (say tuhree) adjective 1. inclined to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy; not prompt. 2. intended to bring about delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy. –phrase 3. dilatory plea, Law a form… …
17dilatory — dilatorily, adv. dilatoriness, n. /dil euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy. 2. intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy. [1250 1300; ME ( < AF) < L dilatorius, equiv. to… …
18dilatory — adjective a) Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision. a dilatory strategy b) Slow or tardy …
19dilatory — adjective formal slow and tending to delay decisions or actions: dilatory attempts to reach an agreement …
20dilatory — dil•a•to•ry [[t]ˈdɪl əˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] adj. 1) tending to delay or procrastinate 2) intended to cause delay or gain time: a dilatory strategy[/ex] • Etymology: 1250–1300; < L dīlātōrius < dīlā , suppletive s. of differre to postpone… …
