Difference between Cautious and Dilatory

CAUTIOUS vs DILATORY: NOUN

In law, a plea or other proceeding in a suit which is intended to delay the suit without reference to its merits.

Avoiding excess
Cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent
Showing careful forethought
Showing or practicing caution; careful.
Tentative or restrained; guarded.
Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful.
Careful; using or exercising caution; tentative
Unwilling to take risks

Inclined to waste time and lag behind
Wasting time
Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation
Causing or intended to cause delay.
Characterized by or given to delay or slowness: : slow.
Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering.
Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
A plea designed to create delay in the trial of a cause, generally founded upon some matter not connected with the merits of the case.
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
Slow or tardy.

Possessing or exhibiting caution; attentive to probable effects and consequences of actions with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful: as, a cautious general; a cautious advance.
With of before the object of caution: wary in regard to the risks of; afraid or heedful of the dangers involved in.
Over-prudent; timorous; timid.
Synonyms Prudent, careful, wary, vigilant, heedful, thoughtful, scrupulous.
Never making swift decisions"

Intended to bring about delay, or to gain time and defer decision: as, a dilatory motion.
Marked by or given to procrastination or delay; slow; tardy; not prompt: as, dilatory measures; a dilatory messenger.

Wary, Fabian, Cagy, Dilatory, Moderate, Unadventurous, Gingerly, Conservative, Guarded, Restrained, Cagey, Chary, Timid, Overcautious, Careful

Reluctant, Hesitant, Sluggish, Delayed, Delaying, Delay, Procrastination, Fabian, Laggard, Cautious, Unpunctual, Pokey, Poky, Slow, Dawdling

Wary, Fabian, Cagy, Dilatory, Moderate, Unadventurous, Gingerly, Conservative, Guarded, Restrained, Cagey, Chary, Timid, Overcautious, Careful

Lackadaisical, Late, Reluctant, Hesitant, Sluggish, Delayed, Delaying, Delay, Fabian, Laggard, Cautious, Unpunctual, Pokey, Poky, Slow

Dilatory methods, willful neglect or misrepresentation in the inspection of meat.
Monotonic and dilatory pore pressure decay during piezocone tests in clay.
Motions should not be made for dilatory or improper uses.
But these dilatory tactics eventually come to an end.
Common law pleading included dilatory pleas, rejoinders and rebutters.
No dilatory action shall be allowed by the board.
No dilatory motion shall be entertained by the speaker.
Potassium exerts a dilatory effect on vascular smooth muscle.
Dilatory shades may schmalzily gage during a seisin.
He treated this matter in a dilatory way.