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Meaning of dilatorily in English:

dilatorily

adverb

See dilatory

‘One problem for me as a blogger is that I read voraciously but write very dilatorily and distractedly.’
  • ‘In his case the Office acted dilatorily and in bad faith.’
  • ‘He is working, dilatorily, on a book on failed alternatives to Romanticism.’
  • ‘Since, in the last analysis, self-determination means self-defense, it would provide, although dilatorily, assistance in military organization.’
  • ‘I spent Monday lazing around the apartment, studying dilatorily, reading the Sunday papers, and listening to the rain.’