tardy
adjective
late; behind time; not on time.
tardiest
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superlativeof tardy.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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TAP Air Portugal is one of the tardiest of airlines.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2023
The tardiest opening gavel was only 15 minutes late; with Missouri's vote, Nixon's renomination came only eight minutes late.
From Time Magazine Archive
America has been the tardiest among all the industrial nations to undertake this kind of social reform.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Frank Albert Fetter
Each waited long before his opportunity came; each learned that the "tardiest of the immortals are the boon Hours."
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
Why is it that we see there both the dawn of civilization and the tardiest development of human progress?
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents by John Lord
