What Does the Word Dawdle?

delay, procrastinate, lag, loiter, dawdle, dally mean to move or act slowly so as to fall behind. delay usually implies a putting off of something (such as a beginning or departure).

What do you understand by the term dawdling '? * 1 point?

dawdle Add to list Share. There are lots of words that mean to move slowly. The point of dawdle is that one is moving too slowly, is falling behind, or is not properly focused on making progress.

How do you use dawdled in a sentence?

I had dawdled a little bit at the beginning so I could keep back with the girls, but the rest of the run had felt a lot faster to me. When the school run was necessitated, it was because I had dawdled over breakfast. Those who dawdled with their doubts were diverting attention from important government work.