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Thereupon :: Thereupon (adv.) Immediately; at once; without delay.

Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To protract; to spend by delays; as, to spin out the day in idleness..

Tarry :: Tarry (n.) Stay; stop; delay.

Sojourn :: Sojourn (v. i.) To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry..

Presently :: Presently (adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by..

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hinde/; to delay; to detain; to keep back.

Readily :: Readily (adv.) Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully.

Instantly :: Instantly (adv.) Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately.

Delays :: Delays (pl. ) of Dela.

Delayed :: Delayed (imp. & p. p.) of Dela.

Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Marked by procrastination or delay; tardy; slow; sluggish; -- said of actions or measures.

Detain :: Detain (v. t.) To restrain from proceeding; to stay or stop; to delay; as, we were detained by an accident..

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..

Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. i.) To delay; to be dilatory.

Latered :: Latered (a.) Inclined to delay; dilatory.

Slow :: Slow (v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer..

Quick :: Quick (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick..

Headlong :: Headlong (a. & adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite.

Present :: Present (a.) Not delayed; immediate; instant; coincident.

Demur :: Demur (v. t.) To cause delay to; to put off.

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