cunctation
noun
lateness; delay.
cunctatory
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a word derived from
cunctation.
Example Sentences
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Then at last the timorous, cunctatory worshiper of femininity in the abstract declared himself and prayed to know if the good news could be true.
From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Calvin Thomas
There is such a thing as being too cunctatory, is not there, your Excellency?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
The population there is rather disposed to be grumbly on its once heroic Fabius; wishes the Fabius were a little less cunctatory.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
His cunctatory Henri, by this winged march, when the moment came, what a service has he done!—
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
And would have done it, they say,—had not he been too cunctatory.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
