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Delay :: Delay (v. i.) To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.

Readily :: Readily (adv.) Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.

Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.

Tarriance :: Tarriance (n.) The act or time of tarrying; delay; lateness.

Abode :: Abode (n.) Act of waiting; delay.

Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.

Directly :: Directly (adv.) Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately.

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Instant :: Instant (a.) Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.

Loiter :: Loiter (v. i.) To be slow in moving; to delay; to linger; to be dilatory; to spend time idly; to saunter; to lag behind.

Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.

Delayer :: Delayer (n.) One who delays; one who lingers.

Impatient :: Impatient (a.) Not patient; not bearing with composure; intolerant; uneasy; fretful; restless, because of pain, delay, or opposition; eager for change, or for something expected; hasty; passionate; -- often followed by at, for, of, and under..

Linger :: Linger (a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.

Procrastination :: Procrastination (n.) The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness..

Demurral :: Demurral (n.) Demur; delay in acting or deciding.

Drecche :: Drecche (v. i.) To delay.

Headlong :: Headlong (a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite.

Respite :: Respite (n.) To delay or postpone; to put off.

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition..

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