Difference between Slows and Dilatory

SLOWS 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.

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.

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

BIPA litigation explodes or slows to a crawl.
SAM: For a split second, time slows down.
The auction draft slows down for no one.
In response to starvation, the body slows down.
Optimization speeds up searching but slows down writing.
As the metabolism slows down, the function of the intestines slows down.
When the CNS slows down, the heart rate also slows.
Ice slows inflammation and swelling, numbs tissue and slows nerve impulses to the injured area.
If investment slows down, productivity growth slows over time, and economic growth suffers.
It slows ideation, it slows creativity, it slows performance.

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.