tardy

The definition of tardy is slow moving, delayed or late.

(adjective)

An example of someone who is tardy is a student who arrives 20 minutes after the bell has rung.

See tardy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: LME tardyve < OFr tardif < VL *tardivus < L tardus, slow, prob. < IE base *ter-, delicate, weak > Gr terēn, tender

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See tardy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective tar·di·er, tar·di·est

Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late.
Moving slowly; sluggish.

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Origin: Alteration of Middle English tardive, slow

Origin: , from Old French tardif

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *tardīvus

Origin: , from Latin tardus

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