Dallying
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
Tardy and dallying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tardy" instead an adjective "Dallying".
Tardy
Tardy adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: thus far progress on the project has been tardy
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