| 单词 | delaying |
| 释义 | 1 (adjective) Delaying tactics were used to postpone the report. Synonyms hindering obstructive Mr Singh was obstructive and refused to co-operate. halting procrastinating retardant temporizing cunctative (rare) moratory 2 (adjective) Synonyms dawdling slow He moved in a slow, unhurried way. lingering dallying tardy tarrying dilatory They performed their work in a dilatory fashion. Opposites prompt , urgent , precipitate, hasty , expeditious Additional synonymsin the sense of dilatory Definition tending or intended to waste time They performed their work in a dilatory fashion. Synonyms slow, delaying, lingering, putting off, slack, backward, sluggish, dallying, loitering, time-wasting, laggard, tardy, procrastinating, tarrying, snail-like, behindhandin the sense of obstructive Definition deliberately causing difficulties or delays Mr Singh was obstructive and refused to co-operate. Synonyms unhelpful, difficult, awkward, blocking, delaying, contrary, stalling, inhibiting, restrictive, hindering, uncooperative, disobliging, unaccommodating in the sense of slow Definition lacking speed He moved in a slow, unhurried way. Synonyms unhurried, sluggish, leisurely, easy, measured, creeping, deliberate, lagging, lazy, plodding, slow-moving, loitering, ponderous, leaden, dawdling, laggard, lackadaisical, tortoise-like, sluggardly Nearby words of |
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