Hyphenation of dilatory

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dilatory? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

dila-to-ry

Definitions of dilatory:

1.	Wasting time

Synonyms of dilatory:

adj	laggard, unpunctual
adj	laggard, poky, pokey, slow
adj	fabian, cautious

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