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tardily en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /tɑː.də.li/ non-rhotic
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• /tɑɹ.də.li/ rhotic

Etymology

Etymology tree English tardy Middle English -ly English -ly English tardily From tardy + -ly.

Meanings

1. in a tardy fashion; belatedly; late
   • Suyin had tardily, but accurately, realized that night life in this urbane company was bound to be more exciting than a cinema date with two sincere, but unelegant, factory workers. 1981, Janet W. Salaff, Working daughters of Hong Kong: filial piety or power in the family?:
2. slowly
   • You will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat, and be refreshed. Come on, my enemy; we have yet to wrestle for our lives, but many hard and miserable hours must you endure, until that period shall arrive. 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 144:
   • A Chinese mob in 'Takau insulted the members of the Japanese legation as they were returning from Peking. The mob's action led to a tumult which was tardily suppressed by the authorities. 1894 August 8, “Japanese Mob”, in The Climax, volume VIII, number 9, Richmond, KY, page 1:

Forms

Synonyms

ponderously (slowly) · lateward (belatedly)