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Meanings of so dilatory in English

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Usage of so dilatory in English
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Never had he seemed to her so dilatory and slow.
Witness for the Defence
2
Why are they so dilatory in wishing to be hanged?
The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth
3
Since when have we become so dilatory, my friend?
No Man's Land
4
Major-general Dundas, was so dilatory as to evoke from the good-natured general-in-chief a most stinging rebuke.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
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He could not have imagined that his defenders could be so dilatory so early in the match.
The Guardian
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And who fears it much, when it, is so dilatory, and so weak, and so doubtful into the bargain?
Foul Play
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As I did so it occurred to me to wonder why the Captain and Mr. Rogers had been so dilatory.
Poison Island
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Come what might, they would go to the help of the settlers, be the Assembly ever so dilatory in sending help.
French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America
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The man had been so dilatory and obstinate that I concluded to take my opportunity, and stubbornly refused permission for the change.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
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The baron stood before the building, listening impatiently to the beating of the hammer which had been so dilatory in completing its task.
Debit and Credit / Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag
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Why had he been so dilatory in a matter which was of so much greater importance to himself than to any one else?
Cousin Henry
12
How is it that a people with such a genius for success in foreign trade have been so dilatory in their work of nation-building?
The Canadian Commonwealth
13
But the equipment of the fleet and army was so dilatory that the French got intelligence of the design, and were prepared to receive them.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part C. / From...
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"But Government departments are always so dilatory," the lady added.
Father Goriot
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"Lufton is so dilatory," Mr. Sowerby said.
Framley Parsonage
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"Professional photographers are so dilatory," said Peggy severely; "and indeed I have noticed that amateurs are even worse.
About Peggy Saville
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