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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overdue, sluggish, delayed, belated, delinquent, backward, dilatory, jammed, laggard, retarded, slack, slow, behindhand, dawdling, loitering, procrastinating, unpunctual
Nearby words
- tardigrade,
- tardive,
- tardive cyanosis,
- tardive dyskinesia,
- tardo,
- tare,
- tarentum,
- targe,
- target,
- target cell
Origin of tardy
1475–85; earlier tardive, tardif < Old French < Vulgar Latin *tardīvus, equivalent to Latin tard(us) slow + -īvus -ive
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Examples from the Web for tardy
tardy
/ (ˈtɑːdɪ) /
adjective -dier or -diest
occurring later than expectedtardy retribution
slow in progress, growth, etca tardy reader
Word Origin for tardy
C15: from Old French tardif, from Latin tardus slow
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tardy
late 14c. (implied in tardity), from Old French tardif (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus "slow, sluggish, dull, stupid," of unknown origin. Related: Tardily; tardiness.
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