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Definitions for Tardy

[1] late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
[2] moving or acting slowly; slow; sluggish.
[3] delaying through reluctance.
[4] occurring later than expected tardy retribution
[5] slow in progress, growth, etc a tardy reader

Words related to Tardy

overdue, sluggish, delayed, belated, delinquent, backward, dilatory, jammed, laggard, retarded, slack, slow, behindhand, dawdling, loitering, procrastinating, unpunctual

Words nearby Tardy

tardigrade, tardive, tardive cyanosis, tardive dyskinesia, tardo, tardy, 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

Other words from Tardy

tar·di·ly , adverb
tar·di·ness , noun

Word origin for Tardy

C15: from Old French tardif, from Latin tardus slow

Synonyms for Tardy

belated, delayed, delinquent, overdue, sluggish, backward, behindhand, dawdling, detained, dilatory, held up, hung up, in a bind, jammed, laggard, loitering, not arrived, not done, procrastinating, retarded, slack, slow, strapped for time, too late, unpunctual