linger

Verb

• move to and fro
  • The shy student lingered in the corner
    

• take one's time; proceed slowly

• leave slowly and hesitantly

• be about
  • The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square
    
  • Who is this man that is hanging around the department?
    

• remain present although waning or gradually dying
  • Her perfume lingered on
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hover , dawdle , tarry