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dilatoriness

noun

Etymology

From dilatory + -ness.

  1. derived from dīlātōrius
  2. derived from dilatoire
  3. inherited from dilatorie
  4. suffixed as dilatoriness — “dilatory + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being dilatory.

    • Nor when he got home was he much more inclined to any resolute line of action […] for he got no pen and paper, and he dawdled over his teacup with the utmost dilatoriness, putting off, as it were, the evil day.

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