That tarries. Delaying, lingering, tardy.

Characterized by or causing delay; dilatory.

That oversets (in various senses).

dilatory, adj.1; delaying, causing delay.

Characterized by tarrying; slow, lingering; wearisome.

That lingers, delays, loiters, moves slowly, etc.; remaining behind, slow to depart or disappear.

That defers; putting off, delaying.

That delays (in various senses of delay, v.1).

Tending to cause delay; made for the purpose of gaining time or deferring decision or action.

Delaying, procrastinating. Cf. drive, v. 31. Obsolete.

Characterized by or tending to protraction; prolonging; extended, lengthy.

Characterized by or involving delay; dilatory.

That protracts; delaying or time-consuming; (in later use) extending.

= cunctatious, adj.

Having the power or effect of suspending, deferring, or temporarily stopping the operation of something; involving such suspension; spec. in Law…

Of a person: slow or reluctant to take action. Cf. remora, v.

Characteristic or reminiscent of Penelope (see Penelope, n.).

Delaying, putting off. Obsolete.

That hinders or delays; obstructive.

That retards something (in various senses of the verb); slowing, delaying; (also occasionally) characterized by retardation.

Tending to slacken speed, retarding.

Designed to gain time.

That tends to procrastinate; of the nature of procrastination.

that procrastinates.

Given to or implying procrastination; dilatory.

That postpones something.

Disposed to delay.

Addicted to delaying, prone to delay.

Characterized by a tendency to postpone things or not hurry, esp. (in early use) as a result of an (overly) cautious or conservative nature…

= suspensive, adj. 4.

Chiefly Scottish. Procrastinating, delaying. Now rare.