English-Thai Dictionary

tardy

ADJ สาย  ช้า  ล่าช้า  ช้า กว่า กำหนด  late slow prompt punctual suai

 

tardy

ADJ เชื่องช้า (คำ โบราณ หรือ ใช้ ใน เชิง วรรณ กรรม  ชักช้า  อืดอาด  เอื่อย เฉื่อย  sluggish chung-cha

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TARDY

a.[L. tardus.] 1. Slow; with a slow pace or motion.
And check the tardy flight of time.
2. Late; dilatory; not being in season.
The tardy plants in our cold orchards plac'd
You may freely censure him for being tardy in his payments.
3. Slow; implying reluctance.
Tardy to vengeance, and with mercy brave.
4. Unwary. [Not in use. ]
5. Criminal. [Not in use. ]

 

TARDY

v.i.To delay. [Not in use. ]

 

TARDY-GAITED

a.[tardy and gait. ] Slow-paced; having a slow step or pace. The mellow horn
Chides the tardy-gaited morn.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TARDY

Tar "dy, a. [Compar. Tardier; superl. Tardiest.] Etym: [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.

 

TARDY

TARDY Tar "dy, v. t.

 

Defn: To make tardy. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tardy

tar dy |ˈtärdē ˈtɑrdi | ▶adjective ( tardier, tardiest ) delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late: please forgive this tardy reply. • slow in action or response; sluggish. DERIVATIVES tar di ly |ˈtärdl -ē |adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French tardif, -ive, from Latin tardus ‘slow. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

tardy

tardy |ˈtɑːdi | ▶adjective ( tardier, tardiest ) delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late: please forgive this tardy reply. • slow in action or response; sluggish. DERIVATIVES tardily adverb ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French tardif, -ive, from Latin tardus ‘slow ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tardy

tardy adjective Professor Wainwright is tardy again: late, behind schedule, running late; behind, overdue, belated, delayed; slow, dilatory. ANTONYMS punctual.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tardy

tardy adjective I was fired for being tardy too often. See late (sense 1 of the adjective ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tardy

tar dy /tɑ́ː r di /形容詞 1 ｟かたく ｠〈進歩 人などが 〉遅い, 遅まきの, 遅々とした .2 ｟否定的に ｠〈動作 人などが 〉 «…するのが » 緩慢な, ぐずぐずしている «in do ing » .3 ｟米 ｠〈人が 〉 «…に » 遅れた, 遅刻した «for , to , at » .t á r di ly 副詞 t á r di ness 名詞