dilatoriness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From dilatory + -ness.

"Oh, go 'long, bubby!" exclaimed poor Ethan, in dismay at the [v]dilatoriness and indifference of his [v]unique deliverer. — The Literary World Seventh Reader, Unknown
The winter, however, was spent cheerfully; and although the spring was uncommonly late, when it came its beauty compensated for its dilatoriness. — Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Wrote answers to one or two letters which have been lying on my desk like snakes, hissing at me for my dilatoriness. — The Journal of Sir Walter Scott: From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford, Walter Scott

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