dilatory
adjective
[ ˈdɪlət(ə)ri ]
• slow to act.
• "he had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor"
Similar:
slow,
unhurried,
tardy,
unpunctual,
lax,
slack,
sluggish,
sluggardly,
snail-like,
tortoise-like,
lazy,
idle,
indolent,
slothful,
lollygagging,
Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin dilatorius ‘delaying’, from Latin dilator ‘delayer’, from dilat- ‘deferred’, from the verb differre .
