TARDY

tardy. Tardy, a. slow, dilatory, criminal; v.t. to delay

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Tar″dy (?), a. [Compar. Tardier (?); superl. Tardiest.] [[F. tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. tardivus, fr. L. tardus slow.]] 1. 1. Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
And check the tardy flight of time. Sandys. Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. Prior. 2. 2. Not being inseason; late; dilatory; — opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments. Arbuthnot.
The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed. Waller. 3. 3. Unwary; unready. Hudibras.
4. 4. Criminal; guilty. Collier.
Syn. — Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See Slow.