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View usage for: (tɑːʳdi) Word forms: comparative tardier, superlative tardiest1. adjectiveIf you describe something or someone as tardy, you think that they are later than they should be or later than expected. [literary] He wept for the loss of his mother and his tardy recognition of her affection. I was as tardy as ever for the afternoon appointments. Synonyms: late, overdue, unpunctual, belated More Synonyms of tardy tardiness uncountable noun His legendary tardiness left audiences waiting for hours. Synonyms: lateness, dilatoriness, unpunctuality More Synonyms of tardy 2. adjectiveIf you describe someone or something as tardy, you are criticizing them because they are slow to act. [disapproval] ...companies who are tardy in paying bills. [+ in] The agency was heavily criticised for its tardy response to the hurricane. Synonyms: slow, belated, delayed More Synonyms of tardy tardiness uncountable noun ...England's tardiness in giving talented young players greater international experience. [+ in] Synonyms: delay, slowness, procrastination, belatedness More Synonyms of tardy (ˈtɑːdɪ) adjectiveWord forms: -dier or -diest1. occurring later than expected tardy retribution 2. slow in progress, growth, etc a tardy reader Derived forms tardily (ˈtardily) adverb tardiness (ˈtardiness) noun Word origin C15: from Old French tardif, from Latin tardus slow tardy in American English (ˈtɑrdi) adjectiveWord forms: ˈtardier or ˈtardiest1. slow in moving, acting, etc. 2. behind time; late, delayed, or dilatory Derived forms tardily (ˈtardily) adverb tardiness (ˈtardiness) noun Word origin LME tardyve < OFr tardif < VL * tardivus < L tardus, slow, prob. < IE base * ter-, delicate, weak > Gr terēn, tender Examples of 'tardy' in a sentencetardy Definition occurring later than it is expected to or than it should He was as tardy as ever for our appointment. Definition slow in progress, growth, etc. the agency's tardy response to the hurricane Additional synonymsDefinition late He got terribly behindhand with his appointments. Synonyms behind schedule, late, slow, delayed, running late, tardy, dilatory, remiss (formal), behind time Definition late or too late a belated birthday present Synonyms late, delayed, overdue, late in the day, tardy, behind time, unpunctual, behindhandDefinition tending or intended to waste time They performed their work in a dilatory fashion. Synonyms slow, delaying, lingering, putting off, slack, backward, sluggish, dallying, loitering, time-wasting, laggard, tardy, procrastinating, tarrying, snail-like, behindhand- taper
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Additional synonymsDefinition not having arrived or happened by the time expected or desired I'll go and pay an overdue visit to my mother. Synonyms delayed, belated, late, late in the day, long delayed, behind schedule, tardy, not before time (informal), behind time, unpunctual, behindhand |