Dilatory is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for DILATORY in dictionary:

ADJECTIVE:
• given to delay or procrastination
• slow to act
• intended to cause delay
• tending or intended to waste time
• Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.
• Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
• wasting time
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• tending to delay

Words related to DILATORY

dilatorily14 dilatoriness13

Words that contain DILATORY

vasodilatory19

How to use DILATORY in a sentence

• The Penns stood upon their prerogatives, and the Lords of the Committee for Plantations were unfriendly or dilatory.
• He hoped the valet would be dilatory in executing these commands.
• And at length, I can scarce tell how, we were set down by a dilatory butt-end of local train on the untenanted platform of Stallbridge-Minster.
• The dilatory course of a trial at law to recover the taxes imposed on individuals, would neither suit the exigencies of the public nor promote the convenience of the citizens.
• But this is a thing that has to be said now, because we are approaching a crisis when dilatory ways, muddle, and waste may utterly ruin us.
• Howard, with 400 infantry, but with his ox teams and dilatory tactics managed to herd them two days ahead.
• Saunders should proceed to the bank and rout out the dilatory representative of the British Government.
• The want of proper arrangement and sufficient hands made this a most dilatory and tedious operation.
• The dilatory manner in which the seamen performed the duty was quickened, however, as the rod ascended, and the well-known signs of a formidable leak met their eyes.
• He was not dilatory at love, and went through a varied apprenticeship before his heart seemed ready for the fierce test it was put to in his grand passion.
• The Defiance and Windsor, ever the most dilatory of our vessels, were at this time four miles astern.
• He was by nature dilatory, and preferred cautiously reasoned measures to accidental success.
• Neither general was dilatory, but a vast plain lay between them.
• All Promise is poor dilatory man, And that through every stage.
• It was chiefly due to his dilatory movements that the disaster of the Sack of Rome was not averted.
• Man, woman, and child, the sword had slain them all, Tilly being in considerable measure responsible for the massacre, for he was dilatory in ordering its cessation.
• He must, however, not be too hastily blamed for his dilatory improvement.
• It indeed adopted an ordinance of gradual emancipation on July 1, 1863, but of such an uncertain and dilatory character, that public opinion in the State promptly rejected it.
• As much as the bold and vivid spirit of Montrose prompted him to enterprising measures, as much was the cautious temper of Hamilton inclined to such as were moderate and dilatory.
• They were however so dilatory in their proceedings, that the squadrons of the enemy sailed from their harbours before the English fleet could put to sea.
• But the equipment of the fleet and army was so dilatory that the French got intelligence of the design, and were prepared to receive them.
• Major-general Dundas, was so dilatory as to evoke from the good-natured general-in-chief a most stinging rebuke.
• It is possible he may have thought that war could be averted by dilatory proceedings.
• The baron stood before the building, listening impatiently to the beating of the hammer which had been so dilatory in completing its task.
• The first of these is a Dilatory Temper, which commits innumerable Cruelties without Design.
• By his dilatory tactics, I knew the young rascal was delaying in the hope of getting a word with the Dona Anita.
• He was facetious and good-tempered, but was very dilatory in everything.
• The guard who had let these people approach so near to him without realizing their approach was court martialed that night for being dilatory in his duties.
• But if Kettle was prompt, his captors were by no means dilatory.
• Other blame also has been laid upon Lincoln on the ground that he was dilatory in reaching the determination to relieve the fort.
• Movement was as odious to him now as it ever had been, and by talking about shoes and overcoats, and by other dilatory pleas, he extended his delay until the close of the month.
• His scorn of the King of Saxony, on account of being dilatory in paying the subscription for the Grand Mass, was pronounced.
• He always moved with the alertness of a mind which could neither be undecided nor dilatory, but now he seemed more sudden than usual in his disappearance.
• The Mexican followed me down the trail and began complaining that the alleged purchaser of the bear was dilatory in closing the deal with cash.

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