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Best answers for Dilatory – Crossword Clue


Answer: late


Clue Length Answer
Dilatory4 letterslate
  1. Definition: 1. later than usual or than expected; "the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"

Dilatory4 lettersslow
  1. Definition: 1. (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"

Dilatory5 lettersslack
  1. Definition: 1. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide; "slack water"

Dilatory5 letterstardy
  1. Definition: 1. after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments"

Dilatory6 lettersremiss
  1. Definition: 1. failing in what duty requires;

Dilatory7 lettersrestive
  1. Definition: 1. impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

Dilatory7 letterslagging
  1. Definition: 1. cover with lagging to prevent heat loss; "lag pipes"

Dilatory7 letterslaggard
  1. Definition: 1. wasting time

Dilatory8 letterstarrying

    Dilatory8 letterssponging

      Dilatory8 letterssluggish
      1. Definition: 1. slow and apathetic; "she was fat and inert"; "a sluggish worker"; "a mind grown torpid in old age"

      Dilatory8 lettersslothful

        Dilatory8 lettersrenitent

          Dilatory8 lettersdawdling
          1. Definition: 1. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

          Dilatory9 lettersshiftless
          1. Definition: 1. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"

          Dilatory9 lettersreluctant
          1. Definition: 1. not eager; "foreigners stubbornly reluctant to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and reluctant for the moment to marry him"

          Dilatory9 lettersshuffling

            Dilatory9 lettersunhurried
            1. Definition: 1. relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice"

            Dilatory9 lettersloitering
            1. Definition: 1. be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

            Dilatory10 lettersbehindhand

              Dilatory10 lettersscrounging

                Dilatory14 lettersunenthusiastic

                  Dilatory14 lettersunenterprising

                    Dilatory15 lettersprocrastinative

                      Dilatory15 lettersprocrastinating

                        Dilatory16 lettersshilly-shallying


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