Antonyms for dawdling

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dawd-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɔd l

Definition of dawdling

Origin : 1650s, perhaps a variant of daddle "to walk unsteadily." Perhaps influenced by daw, because the bird was regarded as sluggish and silly. Not in general use until c.1775. Related: Dawdled; dawdling.

verb delay; waste time

Example sentences :

The man who has a habit of dawdling or listlessness will show it in everything he does.
Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden

The six were dawdling away our time one fine Sunday in Lynhurst Park.
Extract from : « Aladdin & Co. » by Herbert Quick

They had been dawdling over the dishes, and their eyes had frequently met.
Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser

Either you must conquer your habit of dawdling,” he said, “or it will conquer you.
Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed

How soon I again fell a victim to dawdling the sequel will show.
Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed

We have been dawdling about in this wretched country long enough.
Extract from : « Captain Bayley's Heir: » by G. A. Henty

This is the method of Vacuity or Dawdling formerly mentioned.
Extract from : « Assimilative Memory » by Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)

After this dawdling in the morning, they made up their minds to work in the afternoon.
Extract from : « The Curate in Charge » by Margaret Oliphant

We are in half a mind to leave this dawdling Haj, and go on with him to-morrow.
Extract from : « A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 2 [of 2] » by Anne Blunt

There was luncheon; some dawdling and scolding about the weather.
Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old San Francisco » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Synonyms for dawdling

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