dilatory

 
  Grep  of  noun  dilatory 
  dilatory  plea 
 
  Overview  of  adj  dilatory 
 
  The  adj  dilatory  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  dilatory,  laggard  --  (inclined  to  waste  time  and  lag  behind) 
  2.  dawdling,  dilatory,  laggard,  poky,  pokey  --  (wasting  time) 
  3.  fabian,  dilatory  --  (using  cautious  slow  strategy  to  wear  down  opposition;  avoiding  direct  confrontation;  "a  fabian  policy") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  dilatory 
 
  3  senses  of  dilatory 
 
  Sense  1 
  dilatory,  laggard 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unpunctual)  ->  punctual 
 
  Sense  2 
  dawdling,  dilatory,  laggard,  poky,  pokey 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  slow)  ->  fast 
 
  Sense  3 
  fabian,  dilatory 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  cautious)  ->  incautious 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  dilatory 
 
  3  senses  of  dilatory 
 
  Sense  1 
  dilatory,  laggard 
  =>  unpunctual  (vs.  punctual) 
 
  Sense  2 
  dawdling,  dilatory,  laggard,  poky,  pokey 
  =>  slow  (vs.  fast) 
 
  Sense  3 
  fabian,  dilatory 
  =>  cautious  (vs.  incautious) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  dilatory 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  dilatory 
 
  dilatory  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  dilatory 
  dilatory 
 
  Overview  of  adj  dilatory 
 
  The  adj  dilatory  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  dilatory,  laggard  --  (inclined  to  waste  time  and  lag  behind) 
  2.  dawdling,  dilatory,  laggard,  poky,  pokey  --  (wasting  time) 
  3.  fabian,  dilatory  --  (using  cautious  slow  strategy  to  wear  down  opposition;  avoiding  direct  confrontation;  "a  fabian  policy") 

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