tardy

[US]/ˈtɑːdi/
[UK]/ˈtɑːrdi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. moving slowly, delayed, late

Example Sentences

make a tardy appearance

please forgive this tardy reply.

The bus is late.See Synonyms at tardy

Summer came tardy that year.

tardy in making a dental appointment;

It’s impolite to make a tardy appearance.

The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo.

Two of the pupiles were tardy this morning.

The teacher gave the tardy student what for.

was booted for being habitually tardy;

Real-world Examples

If you're tardy, you don't get an assignment.

Source: Go blank axis version

The employee was given the boot for being tardy too often.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

Also being tardy in your dress or untidy in any way is also not a good idea.

Source: Job Interview Tips in English

But this line is firstcome, firstserved. Not " Show up tardy and nevertheless be first served" Right here. No.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 9

The tardy evidence of her involuntary paganism made her even more upset.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

That tardy shudder which had not figured in his forethought made his breakfast bitter.

Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude

Or just maybe, if you’re really honest, this persistently tardy individual is actually you yourself?

Source: BBC Learning English (official version)

To run late means the same as to be late or to be tardy.

Source: ESPLOD

The Congress, as tardy as ever, at last decided in February, 1787, to issue the call.

Source: American history

At last I looked up at the tardy speaker: he was looking eagerly at me.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

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