tarrying
Noun (uncountable, often used with a possessive): The act of delaying, lingering, or remaining in a place longer than necessary.
- Tarrying implies a purposeful or unnecessary pause, often associated with waiting or hesitation.
Verb (present participle of tarry): The act of staying or delaying.
- Tarrying describes the ongoing action of being slow to leave or proceed.
Noun:
- His tarrying at the café made us miss the train. (His lingering caused a delay.)
- The tarrying of the guests annoyed the host. (The guests' delay was irritating.)
Verb (as a present participle):
- She was tarrying by the gate, hoping to see him. (She was lingering there.)
- Stop tarrying and come inside! (Stop delaying and enter.)
"to make tarrying": an archaic or literary phrase meaning to cause delay.
- The storm made tarrying unavoidable. (The storm forced them to stay longer.)
"without tarrying": without delay; immediately.
- He departed without tarrying. (He left at once.)
Tarry (verb): to delay or linger.
- We should not tarry here any longer. (We should not stay.)
Tarry (adjective, rare): of or resembling tar; sticky. (Note: This is a different word, unrelated to the verb tarry.)
Tarrying (adjective, rare): characterized by delay.
- His tarrying habits were frustrating. (His tendency to delay was annoying.)
- Lingering: staying in a place longer than expected.
- Loitering: standing or waiting around idly.
- Dawdling: moving slowly or wasting time.
- Procrastination: delaying action unnecessarily.
Tarry over: to spend time slowly or hesitantly on something.
- He tarried over his breakfast, reading the paper. (He ate slowly and lingered.)
Tarry behind: to stay behind while others leave.
- She tarried behind to talk to the teacher. (She remained after others departed.)
Tarry not: a biblical or formal command to not delay.
- "Tarry not in the city," the prophet said. (Do not linger in the city.)
To tarry a while: to stay for a short period.
- We decided to tarry a while and enjoy the view. (We stayed briefly.)
