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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

T`ARDY, a. [L. tardus.]
1. Slow; with a slow pace or motion.
And check the tardy flight of time.
2. Late; dilatory; not being in season.
The tardy plants in our cold orchards plac'd
You may freely censure him for being tardy in his payments.
3. Slow; implying reluctance.
Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave.
4. Unwary. [Not in use.]
5. Criminal. [Not in use.]
T`ARDY, v.i. To delay. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [syn: belated, late, tardy]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (tardier; -est) Etymology: alteration of earlier tardif, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *tardivus, from Latin tardus Date: 15th century 1. moving slowly ; sluggish <the tardy pace at which she was obliged to walk — Charles Dickens> 2. delayed beyond the expected or proper time ; late <a tardy arrival> • tardiness noun II. noun (plural tardies) Date: 1960 an instance of being tardy (as to a class)

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (tardier, tardiest) 1 slow to act or come or happen. 2 delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time. Derivatives: tardily adv. tardiness n. Etymology: F tardif, tardive ult. f. L tardus slow

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tardy Tar"dy, a. [Compar. Tardier; superl. Tardiest.] [F. tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. tardivus, fr. L. tardus slow.] 1. Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift. And check the tardy flight of time. --Sandys. Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. --Prior. 2. Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments. --Arbuthnot. The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed. --Waller. 3. Unwary; unready. [Obs.] --Hudibras. 4. Criminal; guilty. [Obs.] --Collier. Syn: Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See Slow.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tardy Tar"dy, v. t. To make tardy. [Obs.] --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tardier, tardiest) 1. If 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... ADJ • tardiness His legendary tardiness left audiences waiting for hours. N-UNCOUNT 2. If you describe someone or something as tardy, you are criticizing them because they are slow to act. ...companies who are tardy in paying bills... ADJ: oft ADJ in -ing/n [disapproval] • tardiness ...England's tardiness in giving talented young players greater international experience. N-UNCOUNT: oft N in -ing/n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Slow, snail-like, sluggish, slowpaced. 2. Dilatory, slack, late, behindhand, backward, slow.

Moby Thesaurus

ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, arrested, back, backward, beforehand, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blocked, checked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained, dilatory, early, foredated, held up, hung up, impeded, in a bind, in abeyance, indolent, jammed, lackadaisical, languid, late, latish, lethargic, listless, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, moratory, never on time, obstructed, out of date, out of season, overdue, parachronistic, past due, phlegmatic, postdated, prochronistic, reluctant, retarded, set back, slack, slothful, slow, slowed down, sluggish, stopped, unpunctual, unready, unseasonable, untimely