DILATORILY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

dilatorily

adverb

Definition of dilatorily

as in slowly

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Adverb

The nearly minute-long video shows the vehicle slowly pulling into the driveway.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Talk early, revisit often, and be willing to go slowly or repeat yourself.

— Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of slowly

Adverb

Six days later, Israel held Gaza, the West Bank, Sinai, and the Golan.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
The series opens from the police perspective, but later the story rewinds and is told through the eyes of the robbers and and their hostages inside the bank.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of later

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Current leaks through transistors that should be switched off, and electrons move more sluggishly through channels only a few atoms thick.

— Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
The fish looks straight at me, flopping sluggishly from side to side.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of sluggishly

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Iran also concealed information about its past nuclear weapons activities and subsequently violated the agreement's nuclear restrictions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Kumar was subsequently indicted by a Deschutes County grand jury.

— Eric Mack , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsequently

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But this wasn’t too surprising considering most major productions require story build up, character development, and before we’re eventually locked in.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
The district said a second bus eventually came to pick up the students and continue the route.

— Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of eventually

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Shortly thereafter Russell O’Brien (Tanner’s husband) and Rachael Oldfield (Matthew’s wife) see a man near the McCanns’ apartment.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
American Airlines flight 339 departed shortly thereafter and reached Georgetown, an airline spokesperson told the Herald.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

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