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Definition of Dilatorily
1. adv. With delay; tardily.
Definition of Dilatorily
1. Adverb. In a dilatory manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dilatorily
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dilatorily
Literary usage of Dilatorily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A commentary on the Psalms of David [tr. based on that of A. Golding]. by Jean [comms. on the Bible] Calvin (1840)
"For in this sense does he say that he fried him apace betimes in the morning,
lest we might think he lingered dilatorily and coldly till utter necessity ..."
2. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"He was dilatorily throwing up a piece of wood into the fire every now and then,
a business which seemed to have engaged him a considerable part of the ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"... had been dilatorily mustered. Make a note of the conceit, dear Captain Cuttle!
But the compiler of Curiosités Philologiques, &c., 1855, and M. de Lincy, ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1870)
"As no offers favourable to Prussia are ever reported, and all the negotiations
which he treated so dilatorily seem to have had for their object the ..."
5. Peru by William Hickling Prescott (1900)
"... communicating with his subjects in distant places, and of proceeding as
dilatorily as possible, in order to secure time for the execution of his plans. ..."
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