tardy
[ tahr-dee ]
/ ˈtɑr di /
adjective, tar·di·er, tar·di·est.
late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
moving or acting slowly; slow; sluggish.
delaying through reluctance.
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Origin of tardy
1475–85; earlier tardive, tardif < Old French < Vulgar Latin *tardīvus, equivalent to Latin tard(us) slow + -īvus -ive
OTHER WORDS FROM tardy
tar·di·ly, adverbtar·di·ness, nounWords nearby tardy
tardigrade, tardive, tardive cyanosis, tardive dyskinesia, tardo, tardy, tare, tarentum, targe, target, target cell
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Example sentences from the Web for tardiness
Tardiness is reported to be much less in home credit schools.
School Credit for Home Work|Lewis Raymond AldermanTardiness is a disappointment and an interruption; a kind of falsehood and theft of time.
The Choctaw Freedmen|Robert Elliott FlickingerTardiness on the part of any pupil doing the work meant a loss of so many credits already accumulated.
School Credit for Home Work|Lewis Raymond Alderman
British Dictionary definitions for tardiness
tardy
/ (ˈtɑːdɪ) /
adjective -dier or -diest
occurring later than expectedtardy retribution
slow in progress, growth, etca tardy reader
Derived forms of tardy
tardily, adverbtardiness, nounWord Origin for tardy
C15: from Old French tardif, from Latin tardus slow
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