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adjective
1.
tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
2.
intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy.
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Dilatory
is a GRE word you need to know.
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| a brief account of an extensive subject; a summary |
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Example Sentences
- And they have been dilatory in calling attention to the current sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
- In both cases, signs of distress were recognised early, but the response was dilatory.
- Every line needed to connect to the next, with no lulls or droops in deference to dilatory historical detail.
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Word Origin & History
dilatory
1530s, from L. dilatorius, from dilator "procrastinator," from dilatus, serving as pp. of differe "delay" (see defer).
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