Difference between Slow and Dilatory

SLOW vs DILATORY: NOUN

A Middle English preterit of slay.
In zoöl, a sluggish or slow-paced skink, as the slow-worm or blindworm, Anguis fragilis; also, a newt or eft of like character.
A Middle English spelling of slough.
A moth.
A sluggard.

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

(used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time
(of business) not active or brisk
So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
Not moving or able to move quickly; proceeding at a low speed.
Marked by a retarded tempo.
Taking or requiring a long time.
Taking more time than is usual.
Allowing movement or action only at a low speed.
Registering a time or rate behind or below the correct one.
Only moderately warm; low.
Not having or exhibiting intellectual or mental quickness.
Lacking liveliness or interest; boring.
Characterized by a low volume of sales or transactions.
Lacking in promptness or willingness; not precipitate.
Not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
A slow person. See def.7, above.
At a slow tempo
Not advancing or improving rapidly.
Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish.
Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate.

Slow or tardy.
Intentionally delaying (someone or something), intended to cause delay, gain time, or defer decision.
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.
Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.
Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering.
Characterized by or given to delay or slowness: : slow.
Causing or intended to cause delay.
Using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition; avoiding direct confrontation
Wasting time
Inclined to waste time and lag behind

Lose velocity
Tardy; dilatory; sluggish; slothful.
Slowly.
To become slow; slacken in speed.
To make slow; delay; retard.
To slacken in speed: as, to slow a locomotive or a steamer: usually with up or down.
Taking a long time to move or go a short distance; not quick in motion; not rapid: as, a slow train; a slow messenger.
Move more slowly
Not ready; not prompt or quick; used absolutely, not quick to comprehend; dull-witted.
1–4. Slow, Tardy, Dilatory. Slow and tardy represent either a fact in external events or an element of character; dilatory only the latter. Dilatory expresses that disposition or habit by which one is once or generally slow to go about what ought to be done. See idle.
Heavy, inert, lumpish.
3 and
Synonyms Delaying, lingering, deliberate.
Dull; lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness: used of persons or things: as, the entertainment was very slow.
Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time: as, the clock or watch is slow.
Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation.
Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time; gradual: as, a slow change; the slow growth of arts.
Not moving quickly
Taking a comparatively long time
Slow to learn or understand
Showing a time that is earlier than the actual time
Lacking intellectual acuity
(imperative) Slew.

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.

Dim, Easy, Dragging, Dull, Lazy, Dilatory, Slack, Tedious, Poky, Retard, Dawdling, Slacken, Decelerate, Slowly, Sluggish

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

Boring, Dim, Easy, Dragging, Dull, Lazy, Dilatory, Slack, Tedious, Poky, Retard, Slacken, Decelerate, Slowly, Sluggish

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

This may indicate that the server is slow to respond, the network is slow, or that there is some other network problem.
Experiencing a SLOW network connection: Are other office members are experiencing slow network access.
This is very helpful on systems with slow closing valves or on pump systems that are operating near maximum flow or have slow wellrecovery.
The slow cooker setting is great for meals that have a cook time already set for a slow cooking meal.
Really slow to respond after handing in draft, very slow edits, and final version looked nothing like the edited version we worked on together.
Lid on the slow cooker tin of chickpeas to make it chunkier this website you will lentil and potato curry slow cooker for.
Every man must be swift about hearing, slow about speaking, slow about wrath.
Expect slow transfer rates, primarily by reason of the slow network cards, the computer itself, and the storage.
Slow drivers slow everyone down and asshole drivers increase the slowdown by cutting people off.
In testing web applications, test with slow machines and slow networks that more closely mimic those of real users.

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.