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- [tahr-dee]
- /ˈtɑr di/
- /ˈtɑː.di/
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- [tahr-dee]
- /ˈtɑr di/
Definitions of tardy word
- adjective tardy late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today? 1
- adjective tardy moving or acting slowly; slow; sluggish. 1
- adjective tardy delaying through reluctance. 1
- adjective tardy late, not on time 1
- adjective tardy slow, not hasty 1
- adjective tardy If you describe something or someone as tardy, you think that they are later than they should be or later than expected. 0
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Origin of tardy
First appearance:
before 1475 One of the 25% oldest English words
1475-85; earlier tardive, tardif < Old French < Vulgar Latin *tardīvus, equivalent to Latin tard(us) slow + -īvus -ive
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Parts of speech for Tardy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tardy popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tardy usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tardy
adj tardy
- backward — A backward movement or look is in the direction that your back is facing. Some people use backwards for this meaning.
- belated — A belated action happens later than it should have done.
- delinquent — Someone, usually a young person, who is delinquent repeatedly commits minor crimes.
- diffusive — tending to diffuse; characterized by diffusion.
- dilatory — tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.
adv tardy
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- behind time — late
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- in arrears — in arrears, behind or late, especially in payment: She was three months in arrears on her mortgage and credit card payments. Also, Chiefly Law, in arrear.
adjective tardy
- delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
- discommodious — Not commodious; uncomfortable.
- laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
- loitering — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
Antonyms for tardy
adj tardy
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- chop chop — pidgin English for quickly
- chop-chop — with haste; quickly.
- conscionable — acceptable to one's conscience
adjective tardy
- early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- glued — Simple past tense and past participle of glue.
- wedged — having the shape of a wedge.
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