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
Tardy and dillydallying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tardy" instead an adjective "Dillydallying".
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
Dillydallying and tardy are semantically related. You can use "Dillydallying" instead an adjective "Tardy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sluggish and dillydallying
- sluggish and tardy
- slow and dillydallying
- slow and tardy
- laggard and dillydallying
- laggard and tardy
- languid and dillydallying
- languid and tardy
- late and dillydallying
- late and tardy
- delinquent and dillydallying
- delinquent and tardy
- lingering and dillydallying
- lingering and tardy
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