Definitions for dilatory

dilatory dil·a·to·ry

Spelling: [dil-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
IPA: /ˈdɪl əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Dilatory is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 328 anagrams from letters in dilatory (adilorty).

Definitions for dilatory

adjective

  1. tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
  2. intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision:

Origin of dilatory

1250-1300; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin dīlātōrius, equivalent to dīlā-, suppletive stem of differre to postpone (see differ) + -tōrius

Examples for dilatory

It is in reality a most exhausting, dilatory, and humiliating exercise.

General Sheridan's method of operation could hardly be held as dilatory.

In no other way can his dilatory proceedings be accounted for.

The dilatory habits of a decade were not so readily unlearned.

He had been dilatory but now he intended to get down to business.

Decision making is slow, acquisition processes are dilatory, and maintenance of the equipment bought is poor.

The dilatory one was old Kelly; and him Forsythe shot through the heart.

I never had such a dilatory damsel to make my first tent breakfast!

I had received more than a dilatory donkey on the road to the fair!

The dilatory sportsman robs the pack of finding and himself of profit.

Word Value for dilatory
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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