tardy

  • 31tardy — adjective (tardier, tardiest) delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late. ↘slow in action or response; sluggish. Derivatives tardily adverb tardiness noun Origin C16: from Fr. tardif, ive, from L. tardus slow …

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  • 32tardy — a. 1. Slow, snail like, sluggish, slowpaced. 2. Dilatory, slack, late, behindhand, backward, slow …

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  • 33tardy — adj 1. late, behind time, unpunctual, overdue, behind schedule, belated, behindhand, never on time, eleventh hour, last minute; delayed, long delayed, retarded, Inf. hung up, Inf. held up; put off, deferred, postponed. 2. slow, leisurely, slower… …

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  • 34tardy — tar·dy …

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  • 35tardy — tar•dy [[t]ˈtɑr di[/t]] adj. di•er, di•est 1) late; behind time; not on time 2) moving or acting slowly; sluggish 3) delaying through reluctance • Etymology: 1475–85; earlier tardive, tardif < OF < VL *tardīvus= L tard(us) slow + īvus ive… …

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  • 36tardy — /ˈtadi / (say tahdee) adjective (tardier, tardiest) 1. moving or acting slowly; slow; sluggish. 2. late or behindhand. 3. delaying through reluctance. {Middle English tardive, from French, from Late Latin tardīvus, Latin tardus slow} –tardily,… …

  • 37tardy —   Lohi.   Also: li u, naua …

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  • 38tardy — see BUSTARD …

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  • 39tardy — 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 …

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  • 40tardy epilepsy — late e …

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