'Tardy' definitions:
Definition of 'tardy'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Tardy'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- And check the tardy flight of time. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Unwary; unready. [Obs.] --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Criminal; guilty. [Obs.] --Collier. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See Slow. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tardy'
From: GCIDE
- Tardy \Tar"dy\, v. t. To make tardy. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tardy'
From: 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- out of date,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