tarrying
Delaying one's departure
Tarrying is lingering or delaying, staying somewhere longer than necessary.
The word is old-fashioned and literary: We cannot tarry here; the enemy approaches.
It suggests unhurried waiting or reluctance to depart: She tarried at the gate, hoping he might return.
Done without urgency
- slowLacking in speed
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
- amblingWalking without urgency
strolling · wandering · rambling · moseying · plodding · languid · lackadaisical · sluggish
Remain idly in place
- dawdleLinger without purpose
- lingerStay beyond necessity
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- hoverRemain suspended midair
bide · lounge · loaf · remain · stay · wait · dally · hang about
Delaying to later
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
- temporizingDeliberately delaying decision-making
- procrastinationHabitual task avoidance
hesitation · putting off · dilly-dallying · foot-dragging · shilly-shallying · dragging feet · holding back · buying time
leisurely
Done without urgency
- slowLacking in speed
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- saunteringWalking in unhurried manner
ambling · strolling · wandering · rambling · moseying · plodding · languid · lackadaisical · sluggish · dawdling
loiter
Remain idly in place
hover · bide · lounge · loaf · remain · stay · wait · dally · hang about · hang around
postponement
Delaying to later
- defermentAuthorized delay of obligation
- stallingIntentional delay tactics
- temporizingDeliberately delaying decision-making
procrastination · hesitation · putting off · dilly-dallying · foot-dragging · shilly-shallying · dragging feet · holding back · buying time · waiting game
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- waitingwait, await, bide, hold on, hang on
- dawdlingdawdling, dallying, dilly-dallying, lingering, loitering
- revival practicesaltar call, camp meeting, tent revival, tent meeting, revival sermon
- Pentecostalismspeaking in tongues, glossolalia, tongues, Holy Spirit, holy spirit
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, loafing, lounging, lazing
tarryingrushing
Rapid forward movement
hurrying · hastening · scurrying · scampering · bolting
tarryingproceeding
Act of going forward
advancing · finishing · completing · pressing on · pushing forward
tarryingfinishing
Bringing to completion
completing · concluding · wrapping up · dispatching · expediting