Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Cautiously slow; delaying; deliberate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.
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- adjective rare Inclined to
delay
Etymologies
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Examples
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He knows that when properly developed his country will be one of the richest in the world, yet even when he is filled with such ideas he is just as cunctative as he has ever been.
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He reads the secret thoughts of 'Fabius' [Philip II.] as that cunctative
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He reads the secret thoughts of 'Fabius' [Philip II.] as that cunctative
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He reads the secret thoughts of 'Fabius' [Philip II.] as that cunctative
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After the arrival of the deputies in France, the cunctative policy inspired by the Lord Treasurer was continued by England.
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After the arrival of the deputies in France, the cunctative policy inspired by the Lord Treasurer was continued by England.
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After the arrival of the deputies in France, the cunctative policy inspired by the Lord Treasurer was continued by England.
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After the arrival of the deputies in France, the cunctative policy inspired by the Lord Treasurer was continued by England.
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He reads the secret thoughts of 'Fabius' [Philip II.] as that cunctative
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Simancas Correspondence.] -- as that cunctative Roman scrawls his marginal apostilles on each despatch; he pries into all the stratagems of
jmjarmstrong commented on the word cunctative
JM wanted to enter ‘Cunctative’ into the Adjective of the Year Award but missed the deadline – again!
August 25, 2009
qms commented on the word cunctative
Secure while he has funk to give.
Who'd dare interrupt
Before he's well supped?
His foraging can be cunctative.
September 11, 2015
qms commented on the word cunctative
Also see comments at cunctatory.
June 7, 2018