adjective
- tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
- intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision: a dilatory strategy.
adjective
- tending or inclined to delay or waste time
- intended or designed to waste time or defer action
late 15c., from Late Latin dilatorius, from dilator “procrastinator,” from dilatus, serving as past participle of differe “delay” (see defer).