Dilatory

What do we mean by dilatory?

Causing or intended to cause delay. adjective

Characterized by or given to delay or slowness: synonym: slow. adjective

In law, a plea or other proceeding in a suit which is intended to delay the suit without reference to its merits. noun

Marked by or given to procrastination or delay; slow; tardy; not prompt: as, dilatory measures; a dilatory messenger.

Intended to bring about delay, or to gain time and defer decision: as, a dilatory motion.

Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering. adjective

Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures. adjective

A plea designed to create delay in the trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not connected with the merits of the case. adjective

Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision. adjective

Slow or tardy. adjective

Wasting time adjective

Relating to dilation; dilative

Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy Urban Dictionary

A disease causing one to be late or tardy Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to dilatory:
dilatory, dilator, filatory, dilators, depilatory, minatory, adulatory, citatory, libatory, oblatory, nidatory, deletory, dilutor, delator, dictatory, philatory, dilater, donatory, dilatorily, indilatory, epilatory, delators, dilatar, dilaton, dilaters.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word dilatory:
adjourn, quorum, tactic, tactics, motion, parliamentary, senate, refer, taking, result, order, performance.

Words that rhyme with dilatory:
story, allegory, aleatory, inventory, glory, desultory, mandatory, quarry, derogatory, category, repository, territory, laboratory, statutory, signatory, dory, storey, purgatory, hoary, conciliatory, lorry, ambulatory, oratory, exculpatory, dormitory, recore, obligatory, mori, transitory, lavatory, respiratory, tory, depilatory, inflammatory, regulatory, gory, predatory, auditory, tori, kauri, repertory, laudatory, observatory, preparatory, lory, defamatory, revelatory, explanatory, depository, morey, celebratory, cory, torii, pylori, montessori, discriminatory, accusatory, compensatory, exploratory, memento mori, ori, understory, circulatory, promissory, aurae, interrogatory, migratory, incantatory, participatory, corrie, corey, reformatory, cacciatore, lori, boree, tempore, rory, confirmatory, contributory, anticipatory, congratulatory, horae, saury, aurei, torrey, oscillatory, retaliatory, ory, laurie, declaratory, maury, gorey, inhibitory, lorrie, tauri, jory, life story, excretory, articulatory, outlawry.

Adjectives that are often used to describe dilatory:
little, latter, own, mere, best, first.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective dilatory:
tactics, motions, pleas, proceedings, manner, motion, policy, plea, methods, action, conduct, habits, measures, fashion, way, movements, effect, process, attitude, response, procedure, caution, course, exceptions, nature, answer, ways, tactic, exception, approach, character, behavior, procedures, progress, effects, practices, forms, defences, reply, answers, negotiations, actions, method, mode, proceeding, capacity, behaviour, sloth, treatment, spirit, pace, creature, correspondent, purposes, payment, processes, handling, amendment, notation, correspondence, advance, march, temper, counsels, execution, responses, disposition, debtors, performance, diplomacy, mail, preparations, efforts, operations, defenses, administration, debtor, congress, strategy, officials, lover, student, habit, arts, steps, author, manoeuvres.

Consonant match to dilatory:
deletery, delatorre.

Words that sound like dilatory:
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