dilatory

Adjective

1. wasting time
   • Synonyms
     • laggard
     • poky
     • pokey
   • Similar to
     • slow
   • Related
     • dawdler
     • drone
     • laggard
     • lagger
     • trailer
     • poke
     • dawdler
     • drone
     • laggard
     • lagger
     • trailer
     • poke

LookUp

adjective

1. slow to act

he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor

1. intended to cause delay

they resorted to dilatory tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks

Origin

late Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius delaying, from Latin dilator delayer, from dilat- deferred, from the verb differre

Thesaurus

Adjective

1. they were dilatory in providing the researchers with information

ꜱɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ: slow unhurried tardy unpunctual lax slack sluggish sluggardly snail-like tortoise-like lazy idle indolent slothful lollygagging

ᴏᴘᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴇꜱ: fast prompt

1. they resorted to dilatory procedural tactics

ꜱɪᴍɪʟᴀʀ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ: delaying stalling temporizing procrastinating postponing deferring putting off tabling shelving time-wasting dallying dilly-dallying loitering lingering dawdling tarrying Fabian