English-Thai Dictionary

dilatory

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำให้ ช้า ลง  ซึ่ง ทำให้ เสียเวลา  ซึ่ง มัก ล่าช้า  laggard slow tardy responsive hurried quick sueng-tam-hai-cha-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DILATORY

a.[L. See Delay and Dilate. ] 1. Literally, drawing out or extending in time; hence, slow; late; tardy; applied to things; as dilatory councils or measures.
2. Given to procrastination; not proceeding with diligence; making delay; slow; late; applied to persons; as a dilatory messenger. A man is dilatory, when he delays attendance, or performance of business, beyond the proper time.
3. In law, intended to make delay; tending to delay; as a dilatory plea, which is designed or which tends to delay the trial of a cause.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DILATORY

Dil "a *to *ry, a. Etym: [L. dilatorius, fr. dilator a delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer, delay: cf. F. dilatoire. See Dilate, Differ, Defer. ]

 

1. Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.

 

2. Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures. Alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear upon hiMotley. Dilatory plea (Law ), a plea designed to create delay in the trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not connected with the merits of the case.

 

Syn. -- Slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering; behindhand; backward; procrastinating. See Slow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dilatory

dil a to ry |ˈdiləˌtôrē ˈdɪləˌtɔri | ▶adjective slow to act: he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor. • intended to cause delay: they resorted to dilatory procedural tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks. DERIVATIVES dil a to ri ly |ˌdiləˈtôrəlē |adverb, dil a to ri ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius ‘delaying, ’ from Latin dilator ‘delayer, ’ from dilat- ‘deferred, ’ from the verb differre.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dilatory

dilatory |ˈdɪlət (ə )ri | ▶adjective slow to act: he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor. • intended to cause delay: they resorted to dilatory tactics, forcing a postponement of peace talks. DERIVATIVES dilatorily adverb, dilatoriness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius ‘delaying ’, from Latin dilator ‘delayer ’, from dilat- ‘deferred ’, from the verb differre.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dilatory

dilatory adjective 1 he had been dilatory in appointing an executor: slow, tardy, unhurried, sluggish, sluggardly, snaillike, lazy. ANTONYMS fast, prompt. 2 dilatory procedural tactics: delaying, stalling, temporizing, procrastinating, time-wasting, filibustering.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dilatory

dilatory adjective 1 they were dilatory in providing the researchers with information: slow, unhurried, tardy, unpunctual, lax, slack, sluggish, sluggardly, snail-like, tortoise-like, lazy, idle, indolent, slothful; N. Amer. informal lollygagging. ANTONYMS fast; prompt. 2 they resorted to dilatory procedural tactics: delaying, stalling, temporizing, procrastinating, postponing, deferring, putting off, tabling, shelving; time-wasting, dallying, dilly-dallying, loitering, lingering, dawdling, tarrying; rare Fabian.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dilatory

dil a to ry /dɪ́lətɔ̀ːri |-t (ə )ri /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠〈人 動作 事などが 〉 «…に » 遅い, 時間のかかる ; 時間かせぎの, 引き延ばしの (slow ) «in » .