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Lingering

Lingering Meaning & Definition
Lingering Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lingering?

[n] the act of tarrying

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lingering: tarriance

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lingering: backward | booming | continuation | dalliance | dallying | dawdling | delaying | dilatoriness | dilatory | dillydallying | dolce far niente | dragging | drawn-out | easygoing | echoic | echoing | extended | extension | foot-dragging | goofing off | gradual | growling | idling | interminable | lackadaisical | lag | laggard | lagging | languishing | lasting | lax | lazing | lazy | lengthened | lengthening | loafing | loitering | lolling | lollygagging | long | long-continuing | long-drawn | long-drawn-out | long-pending | long-winded | lounging | marathon | Micawberish | mopery | overlong | persistent | procrastinating | procrastination | procrastinative | procrastinatory | prolongation | prolonged | protracted | protraction | reboant | rebounding | reechoing | remaining | remiss | repercussive | resounding | reverberant | reverberating | reverberatory | rumbling | shilly-shallying | shuffling | slack | slow | sluggish | sounding | spun-out | stretched-out | tarriance | tarrying | thundering | trifling | undamped | waiting

See Also | delay | holdup

Lingering In Webster's Dictionary

\Lin"ger*ing\, a. 1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler.

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