cunctatory
- a word derived from cunctation.
Example Sentences
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There is such a thing as being too cunctatory, is not there, your Excellency?
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas
Daun arrives in Waldenburg, May 9th; and to show that he is not cunctatory, steps out within a week after.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 by Carlyle, Thomas
From America, he has decided to recall Lord Loudon, as a cunctatory haggling mortal, the reverse of a General; how very different from his Austrian Cousin!
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 by Carlyle, Thomas
Leopold, the Young Dessauer, is cautious; wants petards if he must storm, wants two new battalions if he must open trenches;—he gets these requisites, and is still cunctatory.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas
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 Carlyle, Thomas
