Definitions

dilatory

[dil-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈdɪl əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

ADJECTIVE

procrastinating

Synonyms

WEAK

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-wasting unhasty unhurried

Antonyms

WEAK

diligent eager enthusiastic hard-working ready zealous

Example Sentences

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The servants have gone on an excursion and Nan is away, too, so there was no one to knock for except old Dilatory, and he wouldn't have heard me anyway.

From Patty Fairfield by Wells, Carolyn

Dilatory motions were granted from time to time, and it was not until the 4th of June that demurrers to the indictments were filed.

From Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sketches; To Which Is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Field, Stephen Johnson

One of Them, who was of a Dilatory Nature, said: "I will not Hurry Myself, for I Doubt Not the Market contains Plenty for all who come."

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume III. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney

Dilatory, dil′a-tor-i, adj. slow: given to procrastination: loitering: tending to delay.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

And, apparently, this time Dilatory was not coming, for the travelers walked all the way without meeting the carriage.

From Patty Fairfield by Wells, Carolyn

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