tardy (redirected from tardiest)

tar·dy  (tärd)

adj. tar·di·er, tar·di·est

1. Occurring, arriving, acting, or done after the scheduled, expected, or usual time; late.

2. Moving slowly; sluggish.

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[Alteration of Middle English tardive, slow, from Old French tardif, from Vulgar Latin *tardvus, from Latin tardus.]

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tardi·ly adv.

tardi·ness n.

Synonyms: tardy, behindhand, late, overdue
These adjectives mean not arriving, occurring, acting, or done at the scheduled, expected, or usual time: tardy in making a dental appointment; behindhand with her car payments; late for the plane; an overdue bus.

Antonym: prompt

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tardy [ˈtɑːdɪ]

adj -dier, -diest

1. occurring later than expected tardy retribution

2. slow in progress, growth, etc. a tardy reader

[from Old French tardif, from Latin tardus slow]

tardily  adv

tardiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tardy - after the expected or usual time; delayed; "a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"; "tardy children are sent to the principal"; "always tardy in making dental appointments" belated, late unpunctual - not punctual; after the appointed time

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tardy

adjective

1. late, overdue, unpunctual, belated, dilatory, behindhand He was as tardy as ever for our appointment.

2. slow, belated, delayed the agency's tardy response to the hurricane

Translations

tardy [ˈtɑːdɪ] ADJ (tardier (compar) (tardiest (superl))) (frm) (= late) → tardío; (= slow) → lento

tardy [ˈtɑː^rdi] adj → tardif/ive
tardy slip n (US) (at school) → billet m de retard

tardy

adj (+er)

(= belated) reply, arrival, offer to help → (reichlich) spät; person → säumig (geh); to be tardy in doing something → etw erst reichlich spät tun

(US: = late) to be tardy (person) → zu spät kommen; (train etc) → Verspätung haben; the train was tardy (in arriving at New York) → der Zug kam mit Verspätung (in New York) an

tardy [ˈtɑːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (slow) → lento/a; (later than expected) → tardivo/a, tardo/a (Am) (late, person) → in ritardo