N. diuturnity, a long time, a length of time, an age, a century, an eternity, slowness,
perpetuity, blue moon, coon's age, dog's age,
durableness,
durability,
persistence, endlessness, lastingness, continuance, standing, permanence survival,
survivance,
longevity, distance of time, protraction of time, prolongation of time, extension of time, delay
V. last,
endure, stand, remain,
abide, continue, brave a thousand years,
tarry, drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain,
protract,
prolong, spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out,
temporize, gain time, make time, talk against time, outlast, outlive,
survive, live to fight again
Adj. durable, lasting, of long duration, of long-standing, permanent, endless,
chronic, long-standing,
intransient, intransitive,
intransmutable,
persistent,
lifelong,
livelong,
longeval,
long-lived,
macrobiotic,
diuturnal,
evergreen,
perennial,
sempervirent, sempervirid,
unrelenting,
unintermitting,
unremitting, perpetual,
lingering,
protracted, prolonged, spun out, long-pending, long- winded, slow
Adv. long, for a long time, for an age, for ages, for ever so long, for many a long day, long ago, longo intervallo, all the day long, all the year round, the livelong day, as the day is long, morning noon and night, hour after hour, day after day, &c, for good, permanently
N. {ant. 132} lateness,
tardiness, delay,
delation,
cunctation,
procrastination,
deferring, deferral,
postponement,
adjournment,
prorogation,
retardation, respite,
pause,
reprieve, stay of execution,
protraction,
prolongation, fabian policy, medecine expectante, chancery suit, federal case,
leeway, high time, moratorium, holdover
V. be late,
tarry, wait, stay,
bide, take time,
dawdle,
linger,
loiter, bide one's time, take one's time, gain time, hang fire, stand over, lie over, put off,
defer, delay, lay over,
suspend, table, shift off, stave off,
waive,
retard,
remand,
postpone,
adjourn,
procrastinate,
dally,
prolong,
protract, spin out, draw out, lengthen out, stretch out,
prorogue, keep back, tide over, push to the last, drive to the last, let the matter stand over, reserve,
temporize, consult one's pillow, sleep on it, lose an opportunity, be kept waiting, dance attendance, kick one's heels, cool one's heels, faire antichambre, wait impatiently,
await, sit up, sit up at night
Adj. late,
tardy, slow,
behindhand,
serotine,
belated, postliminious,
posthumous, backward,
unpunctual, untimely, delayed,
postponed,
dilatory, delayed, in abeyance
Adv. late,
lateward, backward, late in the day, at sunset, at the eleventh hour, at length, at last, ultimately, after time, behind time, after the deadline, too late, too late for, slowly, leisurely,
deliberately, at one's leisure,
ex post facto, sine die
Phr. nonum prematur in annum, "against the sunbeams serotine and lucent", ie meglio tardi che mai, deliberando saepe perit occasio
N. cunning, craft,
cunningness,
craftiness,
subtlety,
artificiality,
maneuvering,
temporization,
circumvention,
chicane,
chicanery, sharp practice,
knavery,
jugglery,
concealment,
guile, doubling,
duplicity, foul play,
diplomacy, politics,
machiavelism,
jobbery, backstairs influence, art,
artifice,
device,
machination, plot,
maneuver,
stratagem,
dodge, sidestep, artful dodge,
wile,
trick,
trickery,
ruse, ruse de guerre,
finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge,
shift, go by,
subterfuge,
evasion, white lie,
juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net,
trap, ulysses, machiavel, sly boots, fox,
reynard,
scotchman,
jew,
yankee,
intriguer, intrigant,
floater, indian giver, keener,
repeater V. be cunning, have cut one's eyeteeth,
contrive, live by one's wits,
maneuver,
intrigue,
gerrymander,
finesse, double,
temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter,
circumvent, steal a march upon, overreach, throw off one's guard, surprise, snatch a verdict,
waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge, play a deep game, play tricks with, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces,
flatter, make things pleasant, have an ax to grind,
dodge, sidestep, bob and weave
Adj. cunning,
crafty, artful, skillful,
subtle,
feline,
vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing,
contriving,
intriguing,
strategic,
diplomatic,
politic,
machiavelian,
timeserving, artificial,
tricky,
tricksy,
wily,
sly,
slim,
insidious,
stealthy, underhand,
subdolous,
deceitful, slippery as an eel,
evasive,
crooked, arch,
pawky,
shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle|,
canny,
astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful,
diplomatic,
politic,
polite Phr. diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, "something is rotten in the state of denmark"
