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  • 11lateness — n 1. tardiness, unpunctuality, unpunctu alness; slowness, laggardness, lagging, loitering, lingering, tarrying, dallying, dilly dallying, dawdling, hanging back. 2. delay, cunctation, procrastination, dilatoriness, procrastinativeness;… …

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  • 12slothful — adj 1. lazy, idle, indolent, sluggard, slug gardly, faineant, do nothing, otiose; unindustrious, unenterprising, unambitious, nonaggressive; listless, Dial. limpsy, lackadaisical, insouciant, pococurante, easy going; slack, lax, remiss, negligent …

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  • 13Dalliance — Dal li*ance, n. [From {Dally}.] 1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play. [1913 Webster] Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too much the rein. Shak. [1913 Webster] O, the dalliance and the wit, The …

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  • 14Dally — Dal ly, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away. [1913 Webster] Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles. [1913 Webster] || …

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  • 15dalliance — noun Date: 14th century an act of dallying: as a. play; especially amorous play b. frivolous action ; trifling …

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  • 16delay — I. noun Date: 13th century 1. a. the act of delaying ; the state of being delayed < get started without delay > b. an instance of being delayed 2. the time during which something is delayed < a delay of 30 minutes > II …

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  • 17trifle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English trufle, trifle, from Anglo French trufle, triffle fraud, trick, nonsense Date: 14th century 1. something of little value, substance, or importance 2. a dessert typically consisting of plain or sponge cake often&#8230; …

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