TARDY

a. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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.
a.

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.
a.

Unwary; unready. [Obs.] Hudibras.

4.
a.

Criminal; guilty. [Obs.] Collier.

5.
v.

To make tardy. [Obs.] Shak.

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