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dilatorily

dilatorily adverb: in a dilatory manner.

Adverb

dilatorily (comparative more dilatorily, superlative most dilatorily)

  1. In a dilatory manner.

Forms of dilatorily

comparativemore dilatorily
superlativemost dilatorily

Origin of dilatorily

From dilatory + -ly.

Questions about dilatorily

What does dilatorily mean?
Dilatorily means in a dilatory manner.
What part of speech is dilatorily?
Dilatorily is an adverb.

Words near dilatorily in the dictionary

  1. dilatometry
  2. dilaton
  3. dilatonic
  4. dilatons
  5. dilator
  6. dilatorily
  7. dilatoriness
  8. dilatorinesses
  9. dilators
  10. dilatory
  11. Dilaudid

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