Dilatory

Adjective

 * 1) Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
 * 2) Causing delay.
 * 3) Slow or tardy.

Adverbs for Dilatory
injuriously; uselessly; needlessly; vexatiously; irritatingly; senselessly; unaccountably; obstinately; stubbornly; dangerously; exasperatingly; unconscionably; characteristically; habitually; gravely; terribly; impertinently; indolently; stupidly; languidly; listlessly; inertly; slothfully; drowsily; dreamily; inexcusably; unpleasantly; gallingly.

Synonyms for Dilatory
tardy, procrastinating, dawdling, lagging, slow, unwilling, late, reluctant.

Antonyms for Dilatory
brisk, sharp, quick, ready, willing, eager, active, zealous, enthusiastic, intense, fervid.

Thesaurus
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, apathetic, backward, balking, balky, bone-lazy, cadging, dallying, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dillydallying, do-nothing, doless, dragging, dronish, drony, easy, easygoing, ergophobic, faineant,

Derived terms

 * dilatorily
 * dilatoriness

Translations

 * Bulgarian:


 * Russian: откладывающий, оттягивающий, выжидательный


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Russian: медлительный, нерасторопный


 * Scottish Gaelic: deireannach

Anagrams

 * adroitly
 * idolatry