dilatorily

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Charles sat dilatorily drinking port after luncheon; and, while he changed his clothes, everybody was kept waiting with the baby at the church.

From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)

The question of stating our conditions, therefore, Your Excellency will handle dilatorily.

From My Three Years in America by Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von

But, at length, it soared dilatorily up to Miss Adrian's ear.

From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.

To them Tatius and the Sabines seemed to proceed somewhat dilatorily.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus