[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            and check the tardy flight of time.   --sandys.
      1913 webster

            tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave. --prior.
      1913 webster

   2. not being inseason; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt;
      as, to be tardy in one's payments. --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

            the tardy plants in our cold orchards placed.
                                                  --waller.
      1913 webster

   3. unwary; unready. obs. --hudibras.
      1913 webster

   4. criminal; guilty. obs. --collier.
      1913 webster

   syn: slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. see slow.
        1913 webster
see also:
tardier tardiest slow 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tardy \tar"dy\, v. t.
   to make tardy. obs. --shak.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tardy
     adj : 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" syn: belated,
            late
     also: tardiest, tardier
see also:
belated late tardiest tardier 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "tardy":
   ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, arrested, back, backward,
   beforehand, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blocked,
   checked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained, dilatory, early,
   foredated, held up, hung up, impeded, in a bind, in abeyance,
   indolent, jammed, lackadaisical, languid, late, latish, lethargic,
   listless, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, moratory,
   never on time, obstructed, out of date, out of season, overdue,
   parachronistic, past due, phlegmatic, postdated, prochronistic,
   reluctant, retarded, set back, slack, slothful, slow, slowed down,
   sluggish, stopped, unpunctual, unready, unseasonable, untimely

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