| tardy | 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. "The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed." (Waller) 3. Unwary; unready. 4. Criminal; guilty. Synonym: Slow, dilatory, tedious, reluctant. See Slow. Origin: F. Tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. Tardivus, fr. L. Tardus slow. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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