be dilatory

“On whether the accounting is bad and whether we are in agreement with the U.N. verifying whether things are being done correctly, of course we are willing to accept that, but we do not want these to be dilatory practices, legal maneuvers that would delay us fulfilling our commitement,” López Obrador said.

“We’re not intending to be dilatory,” he said at a news conference Tuesday.

“I would like to succeed in negotiating something where we get full and fair hearings – we’re not trying to be dilatory – and hear what these nominees have to say,” Schumer said.

Whether the cause is the court's work load or the Justices' inclination to be dilatory, this year has been no different.

The next national High-School contests will be held in the summer; but entries are now being made, and Oakland will not be dilatory in outlining the events for which she will seek to carry off the honors.