Dawdlesome
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Dawdlesome is an adjective meaning Characterised or marked by dawdling.
Meaning
Characterised or marked by dawdling.
Example Sentences
Mrs Parsons was as brisk as her husband was dawdlesome, and as plump and perky as he was slow.
“Sure don't see Ms. Allsbury's group? Probably moved on to their second observation. Less dawdlesome than us. Anyhow! We can conference right here. So? How about if you started us off? Mr. Besserian?”
By setting the timer for short increments (5 to 15 minutes) for the duration of any potentially dawdlesome task— phone calls, filing, sorting through piles of paper—Chaos Creators can gain a more realistic sense of the limits of their time (and perhaps other people's, too).
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include waddlesome, twaddlesome, draggy, wobblesome, wandersome, drawlsome.
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