Tardy /(?)/
Tar·dy
Tardy
a.
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Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
And check the tardy flight of time.
Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave.
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Not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments.
The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed.
- Unwary; unready. [Obs.]
- Criminal; guilty. [Obs.]
Tardy
v. t.
- To make tardy. [Obs.]