Dillydallying
Dillydallying adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: the dillydallying congress hadn't passed any legislation, and the term was almost over
Dilatory and dillydallying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dilatory" instead an adjective "Dillydallying".
Dilatory
Dilatory adjective - Moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed.
Usage example: the homeowner is claiming that local firefighters were dilatory in responding to the call
Dillydallying and dilatory are semantically related. You can use "Dillydallying" instead an adjective "Dilatory".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sluggish and dillydallying
- sluggish and dilatory
- slow and dillydallying
- slow and dilatory
- laggard and dillydallying
- laggard and dilatory
- languid and dillydallying
- languid and dilatory
- late and dillydallying
- late and dilatory
- lingering and dillydallying
- lingering and dilatory
- tardy and dillydallying
- tardy and dilatory
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