13
lingered(verb, slowed, procrastinated)
9
dallied(verb, wasted, delayed, played, stayed)
9
loitered(verb, slowed)
8
delayed(verb, slowed)
7
crawled(verb, slowed)
7
hesitated(verb, delayed, stayed, procrastinated, drifted)
6
crept(verb, slowed)
6
idled(verb, puttered)
5
dragged(verb, slowed)
5
hindered(verb, slowed)
5
poked(verb, slowed)
4
ambled
4
plodded(verb, slowed)
4
procrastinated(verb, procrastinated)
4
slowed(verb, slowed)
4
trudged(verb, slowed)
3
lolled
3
sauntered
3
vacillated(verb, delayed, stayed, hesitated, procrastinated)
2
coquetted
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