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tardy

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tar⋅dy

  [tahr-dee]
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–adjective, -di⋅er, -di⋅est.
1. late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
2. moving or acting slowly; slow; sluggish.
3. delaying through reluctance.
Origin:
1475–85; earlier tardive, tardif < OF < VL *tardīvus, equiv. to L tard(us) slow + -īvus -ive

Related forms:
tar⋅di⋅ly, adverb
tar⋅di⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. slack. 3. dilatory.

Antonyms:
1. prompt.
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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 slowly; sluggish.


[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: These adjectives mean not arriving, occurring, acting, or done at the scheduled, expected, or usual time: tardy in making a dental appointment; behindhand with her car payments; late for the plane; an overdue bus.
Antonym: prompt
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Word Origin & History

tardy 
c.1386 (implied in tardity), from O.Fr. tardif (12c.), from V.L. *tardivus, from L. tardus "slow, sluggish, dull, stupid," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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