Dilatory Definition

Dilatory Sentence Examples

• The proceedings were dilatory, and the attitude of the Dutch deputies exceedingly exasperating.

• In 1639 he was as active in arms in the north as Hamilton, on the king's side, was dilatory and helpless in the south.

• Incensed by the dilatory and factious proceedings of the House, Cromwell dismissed the parliament on the 22nd of January 1655.

• The war against Pisa was renewed, and in 1499 the city might have been taken but for the dilatory tactics of the Florentine commander Paolo Vitelli, who was consequently arrested on a charge of treason and put to death.

• Cannon, were adopted on the 14th of February 1890; they provided that every member must vote, unless pecuniarily interested in a measure, that members present and not voting may be counted for a quorum, and that no dilatory motion be entertained by the speaker.