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tar·dy

 (tär′dē)
adj. tar·di·er, tar·di·est
1. Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late.
2. Moving or progressing slowly; sluggish: walking at a tardy pace.
[Alteration of Middle English tardive, slow, from Old French tardif, from Vulgar Latin *tardīvus, from Latin tardus.]
tar′di·ly adv.
tar′di·ness n.
Synonyms: tardy, late, overdue
These adjectives mean not arriving, occurring, acting, or done at the scheduled, expected, or usual time: tardy in making a dental appointment; late for the plane; an overdue bus.
Antonym: prompt
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tardy

(ˈtɑːdɪ)
adj, -dier or -diest
1. occurring later than expected: tardy retribution.
2. slow in progress, growth, etc: a tardy reader.
[C15: from Old French tardif, from Latin tardus slow]
ˈtardily adv
ˈtardiness n
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tar•dy

(ˈtɑr di)

adj. -di•er, -di•est.
1. late; behind time; not on time.
2. moving or acting slowly; sluggish.
3. delaying through reluctance.
[1475–85; earlier tardive, tardif < Old French < Vulgar Latin *tardīvus= Latin tard(us) slow + -īvus -ive]
tar′di•ly, adv.
tar′di•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.tardy - after the expected or usual timetardy - after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments"
belated, late
unpunctual - not punctual; after the appointed time
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tardy

adjective
1. late, overdue, unpunctual, belated, dilatory, behindhand He was as tardy as ever for our appointment.
2. slow, belated, delayed the agency's tardy response to the hurricane
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tardy

adjective
1. Not being on time:
behindhand, belated, late, overdue.
2. Proceeding at a rate less than usual or desired:
dilatory, laggard, slow, slow-footed, slow-going, slow-paced.
Informal: poky.
Idiom: slow as molasses in January.
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Translations
viivitunud

tardy

[ˈtɑːdɪ] ADJ (tardier (compar) (tardiest (superl))) (frm) (= late) → tardío; (= slow) → lento
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tardy

[ˈtɑːrdi] adj → tardif/ivetardy slip n (US) (at school) → billet m de retard
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tardy

adj (+er)
(= belated) reply, arrival, offer to help → (reichlich) spät; person → säumig (geh); to be tardy in doing something → etw erst reichlich spät tun
(US: = late) to be tardy (person) → zu spät kommen; (train etc) → Verspätung haben; the train was tardy (in arriving at New York) → der Zug kam mit Verspätung (in New York) an
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tardy

[ˈtɑːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (slow) → lento/a; (later than expected) → tardivo/a, tardo/a (Am) (late, person) → in ritardo
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