Dallying and Hasty

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Dallying adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.

Usage example: the dallying diners seemed oblivious to the fact that other customers were impatiently waiting for tables

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Hasty is an antonym for dallying.

Nearby Words: dally, dallied

Hasty adjective - Acting or done with excessive or careless speed.

Usage example: Anna later regretted her hasty decision to sell her car

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Dallying is an antonym for hasty.

Nearby Words: hasten, hastily, haste, hastiness, hasted

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