Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a manner so as to delay or detain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb rare By delays.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb So as to
delay .
Etymologies
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delaying + -ly
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Examples
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When he started to take off his coat, however, Kendall put up his hand delayingly and tapped a bell.
The Financier 2004
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When he started to take off his coat, however, Kendall put up his hand delayingly and tapped a bell.
The Financier, a novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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The mother glanced round at the bed, and said, glad to occupy herself delayingly with the minor care: "Why, you have been sitting up all night!
The Rise of Silas Lapham William Dean Howells 1878
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