dilatory
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Save
Learner's definition of DILATORY
formal
1
:
causing a delay
-
The committee's dilatory [=delaying] actions caused the loss of hundreds of jobs.
2
[more dilatory; most dilatory]
:
tending to be late
:
slow to do something
-
She tends to be dilatory [=slow] about answering letters.
— dilatoriness
noun [noncount] Comments & Questions
Comments & Questions
What made you want to look up dilatory?
Include any comments and questions you have about this word.
