Category:Tardy

Tar"dy, a. [compar. Tardier; superl. Tardiest.] Etym: [f. tardif, fr. (assumed) ll. tardivus, fr. L. tardus slow.]

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. 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. Unwary; unready. [obs.] Hudibras.

4. Criminal; guilty. [obs.] Collier.

Syn. -- slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See slow.

Tardy Tar"dy, v. t.

Defn: to make tardy. [obs.] Shak.