delayful

comparative more delayful · superlative most delayful

1. archaicIntended to cause delay.First known use early 17th c.

   New Orleans, with its port commerce doubling every 10 years, has long since outgrown its present port facilities, particularly the ancient, costly and delayful ferry system by which freight and passengers are transported from the east to the west bank of the Mississippi River, and vice versa.

   1925 May 28, Thomas Ewing Dabney, “To Bridge or Not to Bridge the Mississippi River at New Orleans”, in Manufacturers Record, volume LXXXVII, number 22, Baltimore, page 73, column 1

   Synonyms: dilatory