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Dawdled
- verb - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- take one's time; proceed slowly
- waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
Dawdler
- noun - someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Dawdles
- verb - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
- take one's time; proceed slowly
- waste time; "Get busy--don't dally!"
Dead-On
- adjective - accurate and to the point; "a dead-on feel for characterization"; "She avoids big scenes...preferring to rely on small gestures and dead-on dialogue"- Peter S.Prescott
Deadens
- verb - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
- lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
Deadeye
- noun - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
- a dead shot
- Unerring marksman.
Deadish
- - Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.
Deadpan
- adjective - deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
- without betraying any feeling; "she told the joke deadpan"
Deedbox
- noun - a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
Deedful
- - Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring.