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Definition of Tardy

1. Adjective. After the expected or usual time; delayed. "Always tardy in making dental appointments"

Definition of Tardy

1. a. Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.

2. v. t. To make tardy.

Definition of Tardy

1. Adjective. Late; overdue or delayed. ¹

2. Adjective. ineffectual; slow witted, slow to act, or dullard ¹

3. Noun. (American English) A piece of paper given to students who are late to class. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tardy

1. late [adj TARDIER, TARDIEST] : TARDILY [adv] / an instance of being late [n -DIES] - See also: late

Medical Definition of Tardy

1. 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. "The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed." (Waller) 3. Unwary; unready. 4. Criminal; guilty. Synonym: Slow, dilatory, tedious, reluctant. See Slow. Origin: F. Tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. Tardivus, fr. L. Tardus slow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tardy

Literary usage of Tardy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetry, Lyrical, Narrative and Satirical, of the Civil War by Richard Grant White (1866)
"Is the mud knee-deep in valley and gorge ? What are you waiting for, tardy George ? Want you a thousand more cannon made, To add to the thousand ..."

2. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"The tardy rhymes that us'd to linger on, Bent. 9. She woo's the tardy spring: Vic. 4• Tares. flares of Similes choak the roots, Ode 11. Tarnished. ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1828)
"The K-essel having been brought to anchor off Old Point Comfort, tardy announced his intention of going on shore, and promised the witness a good mess of ..."

4. History of Economic Thought: A Critical Account of the Origin and by Lewis Henry Haney (1920)
"The reasons for the tardy development of important economic ideas among the ancients are significant, for they throw light upon the origin of the science ..."

5. History of Economic Thought: A Critical Account of the Origin and by Lewis Henry Haney (1920)
"The reasons for the tardy development of important economic ideas among the ancients are significant, for they throw light upon the origin of the science ..."

6. American War Ballads and Lyrics: A Collection of the Songs and Ballads of by George Cary Eggleston (1889)
"... because they are cold, Or catching your breath ere you take a hold ? Is the mud knee-deep in valley and gorge ? What are you waiting for, tardy George ? ..."

7. American War Ballads and Lyrics: A Collection of the Songs and Ballads of by George Cary Eggleston (1889)
"... because they are cold, Or catching your breath ere you take a hold ? Is the mud knee-deep in valley and gorge ? What are you waiting for, tardy George ? ..."

8. American War Ballads and Lyrics: A Collection of the Songs and Ballads of by George Cary Eggleston (1889)
"... Or catching your breath ere you take a hold ? Is the mud knee-deep in valley and gorge ? What are you waiting for, tardy George ? ..."

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