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dilatory 音标拼音: [d'ɪlət ,ɔri] a. 拖拉的 拖拉的 dilatory adj 1: wasting time [ synonym: { dilatory}, { laggard}, { poky}, { pokey}] Dilatory \ Dil" a* to* ry\, a. [ L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer, delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See { Dilate}, { Differ}, { Defer}.] 1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures. [ 1913 Webster] Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon his adversary. -- Motley. [ 1913 Webster] { Dilatory plea} ( Law), 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. Syn: Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering; behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See { Slow}. [ 1913 Webster] 65 Moby Thesaurus words for " dilatory": Micawberish, apathetic, backward, balking, balky, bone- lazy, cadging, dallying, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dillydallying, do- nothing, doless, dragging, dronish, drony, easy, easygoing, ergophobic, faineant, foot- dragging, good- for- nothing, grudging, indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lax, lazy, leisurely, lingering, loath, loitering, lollygagging, neglectful, negligent, nonaggressive, parasitic, perfunctory, procrastinating, procrastinative, procrastinatory, reluctant, remiss, renitent, restive, scrounging, shiftless, shilly- shallying, shuffling, slack, slothful, slow, slow to, sluggish, sponging, tarrying, unenterprising, unenthusiastic, unhasty, unhurried, unzealous, work- shy
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