Usually means: Causing or intended to delay.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word dilatory:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. dilatory: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. dilatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dilatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dilatory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dilatory: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dilatory, dilatory: Wordnik
  7. dilatory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dilatory: Wiktionary
  9. dilatory: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dilatory: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dilatory: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Dilatory, dilatory: Dictionary.com
  13. dilatory: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Dilatory: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. dilatory: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. dilatory: Rhymezone
  17. dilatory: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. dilatory: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. dilatory: Free Dictionary
  20. dilatory: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. dilatory: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. dilatory: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. dilatory: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dilatory: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dilatory: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See dilatorily as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or adjourn decision.
adjective:  Slow or tardy.
adjective:  Relating to dilation; dilative.

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