[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dilatory \dil"atory\, a. l. dilatorius, fr. dilator a
   delayer, fr. dilatus, used as p. p. of differe to defer,
   delay: cf. f. dilatoire. see dilate, differ, defer.
   1. inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at
      once; given the procrastination; delaying;
      procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.
      1913 webster

   2. marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish;
      -- said of actions or measures.
      1913 webster

            alva, as usual, brought his dilatory policy to bear
            upon his adversary.                   --motley.
      1913 webster

   dilatory plea law, 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.

   syn: slow; delaying; sluggish; inactive; loitering;
        behindhand; backward; procrastinating. see slow.
        1913 webster
see also:
dilate differ defer dilatory plea slow 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dilatory
     adj 1: inclined to waste time and lag behind syn: laggard
     2: wasting time syn: laggard, poky, pokey
     3: using cautious slow strategy to wear down opposition;
        avoiding direct confrontation; "a fabian policy" syn: fabian
see also:
laggard poky pokey fabian 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "dilatory":
   micawberish, apathetic, backward, balking, balky, bone-lazy,
   cadging, dallying, dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dillydallying,
   do-nothing, doless, dragging, dronish, drony, easy, easygoing,
   ergophobic, faineant, foot-dragging, good-for-nothing, grudging,
   indifferent, indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lax, lazy,
   leisurely, lingering, loath, loitering, lollygagging, neglectful,
   negligent, nonaggressive, parasitic, perfunctory, procrastinating,
   procrastinative, procrastinatory, reluctant, remiss, renitent,
   restive, scrounging, shiftless, shilly-shallying, shuffling, slack,
   slothful, slow, slow to, sluggish, sponging, tarrying,
   unenterprising, unenthusiastic, unhasty, unhurried, unzealous,
   work-shy

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

dilatory. that which is intended for delay. it is a maxim, that delays in  
law are odious, dilationes in lege sunt odiosae. plowd. 75. 

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Art. 6. Some Main and Unclassified Motions. 40. Dilatory, Absurd, or Frivolous ...
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