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tardier

 

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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tardy  \Tar"dy\,  a.  [Compar.  {Tardier};  superl.  {Tardiest}.]  [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}.




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