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tarrying
adjective as in dilatory
noun as in delay
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in retardation
Strong matches
- adjournment
- bind
- check
- cunctation
- dawdling
- demurral
- detainment
- detention
- discontinuation
- downtime
- filibuster
- hindrance
- holdup
- impediment
- interval
- jam
- lag
- lingering
- logjam
- moratorium
- obstruction
- postponement
- problem
- procrastination
- prorogation
- remission
- reprieve
- setback
- showstopper
- stall
- stay
- stop
- stoppage
- surcease
- suspension
- tie up
- wait
Example Sentences
My mind went back to midnight prayers and long, hot, sweaty tarrying services.
Four black drivers, all of them disrespected because of their skin color in one way or another, all but Wallace tarrying at the outermost reaches of the sport.
There can be no tarrying, explains another local pastor, Diego Robles, from the First Baptist Church.
Before relativistic spin leaves me dizzy, it’s worth tarrying a few minutes on the fellow who is likely to soon take control of my Mets.
At the end of the corridor near the elevators, a little storelike affair had been set up; it sold prints and art books, and Luba halted there, tarrying.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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