linger
verb
[ ˈlɪŋɡə ]
• stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.
• "she lingered in the yard, enjoying the warm sunshine"
Similar:
wait around,
stay,
remain,
stay put,
wait,
loiter,
dawdle,
dally,
take one's time,
lag behind,
straggle,
dither,
potter about/around/round,
pause,
procrastinate,
stall,
delay,
dilly-dally,
stick around,
hang around,
hang round,
hang on,
hang back,
tarry,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘dwell, abide’): frequentative of obsolete leng ‘prolong’, of Germanic origin; related to German längen ‘make long(er)’, also to long1.
