cunctation
noun
lateness; delay.
cunctatory
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a word derived from
cunctation.
Example Sentences
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The real success, thinks Tempelhof, would be, Could the King manoeuvre himself into Silesia, and entice a cunctatory Daun away with him thither.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Thomas Carlyle
That is the firm notion at Vienna among men of understanding: ever-active Loudon the favorite there, against a Cunctator who has been too cunctatory many times.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 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
Has not Daun good reason now to be proud of the cunctatory method?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
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
