DILATORILY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

dilatorily

adverb

Definition of dilatorily

as in slowly

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Adverb

Organizations should periodically ask whether their indicators still reflect their mission or whether reporting requirements have slowly begun shaping program choices.

— Ekramy El Zaghat, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
The director likens his own role on the trip to that of Bill, who is slowly driven to madness by worrying about a particular child, the class punching bag Kenneth (Olof Olingdahl).

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of slowly

Adverb

Less than four years later, GPTZero has more than 20 million registered users, $30 million in annual recurring revenue, and a new parent company.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Bethea was later identified as the driver following an investigation conducted by members of the New Haven Police Department Accident Reconstruction Team, court records show.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of later

Adverb

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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The fraternity chapter was subsequently barred from campus, but no one was criminally charged.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
The pair sparked dating rumors in May 2017 after Johansson appeared on the SNL season finale and they were subsequently seen together at the show’s afterparty.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of subsequently

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After his sudden death in 1960, Olivetti began a slow decline and was eventually broken up and merged with a telecommunications company.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
According to Polymarket’s own newsy reconstruction in its magazine-like imprint The Oracle, more than $21 million eventually traded in that one market, while Biden’s withdrawal produced the platform’s highest-volume day to that point.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of eventually

Adverb

But the film business can be unforgiving — many companies operating when Bleecker launched, or founded shortly thereafter, such as Broad Green and Relativity, have closed shop.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
But a 2012 Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) action barred the platform from serving US customers—its most important user base—and Intrade shuttered soon thereafter.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

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