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111procrastination — n 1. delay, postponement, deferment, deferral; adjournment, suspension, abeyance, moratorium, prorogation; dilatoriness, prevention, forestallment, forestalling, Law. laches; obstruction, blockage, blocking, avoidance, evasion; temporiza tion,… …
112slow — adj 1. not rapid, snail like, going at a snail s pace, tortoise like, slower than molasses in January, crawling, plodding, shuffling; dawdling, lagging, lally gagging; hesitant, faltering, pausing, hanging back. 2. gradual, moderate, leisurely,… …
113tardiness — n lateness, slowness, dilatoriness, cunc tation, Inf. pokiness; sluggishness, indolence, sloth, inertia, laziness, torpor; lethargy, languor; dawdling, fiddling around, Sl. screwing around, frittering away one s time; reluctance, hesitation,… …
114unhurried — adj leisurely, leisured, slow, slow moving, slow going, deliberate; lingering, loitering, puttering, dillydallying, dawdling, Inf. poky, tortoise like, snail like, slow paced; slow and steady, easy, easy going, loose, loose as a goose, slack,… …
115dawdle — UK [ˈdɔːd(ə)l] / US [ˈdɔd(ə)l] verb [intransitive] Word forms dawdle : present tense I/you/we/they dawdle he/she/it dawdles present participle dawdling past tense dawdled past participle dawdled to go somewhere, or to do something, so slowly that …
116dalliance — dal•li•ance [[t]ˈdæl i əns, ˈdæl yəns[/t]] n. 1) a trifling away of time; dawdling 2) amorous toying; flirtation • Etymology: 1300–50; ME daliaunce. See dally, ance …
117poky — I pok•y [[t]ˈpoʊ ki[/t]] adj. pok•i•er, pok•i•est 1) slow; dawdling 2) (of a place) small and cramped 3) dowdy; dull • Etymology: 1840–50 pok′i•ly, adv. pok′i•ness, n. II pok•y [[t]ˈpoʊ ki[/t]] n. pl. pok•ies. sts Slang. a jail • Etymology:… …
118dalliance — /ˈdæliəns / (say daleeuhns) noun 1. a trifling away of time; dawdling. 2. amorous toying; flirtation. {Middle English; from dally + ance} …
119dawdle — /ˈdɔdəl / (say dawduhl) verb (i) (dawdled, dawdling) 1. to waste time; idle; trifle. 2. to walk slowly or lag behind others. –phrase 3. dawdle away, to waste (time) by trifling: to dawdle away the hours. {? variant of daddle toddle} –dawdler,… …
120potter — I. /ˈpɒtə / (say potuh) noun someone who makes earthen pots or other vessels. {Middle English; Old English pottere, from pott pot1 + ere er1} II. /ˈpɒtə / (say potuh) verb (i) 1. to busy or occupy oneself in an ineffective manner. 2. to move or… …
