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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Dilatoriness
Synonyms for "dilatoriness" (23 found)
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3 translations across 2 languages.
Irish
2 entries- leadrán noun (the state or quality of being dilatory)
- leadránacht noun (the state or quality of being dilatory)
Polish
1 entries- opieszałość noun (the state or quality of being dilatory)
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