Both Uses
dilatory
in
Pride and Prejudice
(Edited)
- His family knew him to be, on all common occasions, a most negligent and dilatory correspondent; but at such a time they had hoped for exertion.
p. 279.1 *dilatory = slow
- His letter was soon dispatched; for, though dilatory in undertaking business, he was quick in its execution.
p. 293.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(dilatory) slow; or causing or tending to delay things
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)