velleitary
velleitary adjective: slow in taking action; lacking resolve.
Adjective
velleitary (comparative more velleitary, superlative most velleitary)
- Slow in taking action; lacking resolve.
- The Preface of the S.T. being vindicated from the exceptions of Mr. T. wherein his skirmiſhings have been manifeſted to be velitary, and weak indeed.1668, Robert Brown, Jerubbaal, Or, A Vindication of The Sober Testimony Against Sinful Complyance
- And these kisses, […] it was Mrs. Gorman's invariable habit to catch up, as it were, upon her own lips, and return, with tranquil civility, as one picks up a glove, or newspaper, let fall in some public place, and restores it with a smile, if not a bow, to its rightful proprietor. So that each kiss...1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC
Forms of velleitary
| comparative | more velleitary |
|---|---|
| superlative | most velleitary |
Origin of velleitary
Derived from velleity.
Questions about velleitary
- What does velleitary mean?
- Velleitary means slow in taking action; lacking resolve.
- What part of speech is velleitary?
- Velleitary is an adjective.
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