At first I used mentally to accuse my correspondents of great dilatoriness in attending to notes that called for an immediate reply.
"America To-day, Observations and Reflections"
William Archer
The Assembly had done many a good service, but its dilatoriness in establishing a permanent government, its ingratitude to M. Thiers, its clericalism, and its stubbornness in trying to foist a king on the people made it pass away unregretted by a country which had far outstripped it in republicanism.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
He observed my pale face and worn out looks, and wished to spare me, instead of which he only cruelly tormented me by his dilatoriness.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse