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Another word for tardy

tardy Synonyms

tardy

modif.

overdue, too late, behindhand; see late 1, slow 2, 3.

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Another word for tardy

adjective

Not being on time:
behindhand, belated, late, overdue. See time
Proceeding at a rate less than usual or desired:
dilatory, laggard, slow, slow-footed, slow-going, slow-paced. (Informal) poky¹. Idiom: slow as molasses in January. See fast

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The opposition gave him no credit for these tardy concessions.
In 1559, and is said to have secured for the poet a tardy pension.
I was tardy in keeping him informed, especially concerning Julie, now a sort-of member of our group.
Had resolved on the rehabilitation of Joan of Arc, thus rendering a tardy recognition of her services.
Four years after the fall of Ottakar he obtained from the princes a tardy and reluctant assent to the granting of Austria, Styria and Carniola to his own sons, Rudolph and Albert.

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