tardily
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- adverb
- /ˈtɑrdɪli/
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tardíamente
- Remember that "slope of recovery" refers to the long, sloping cheapening of bonds as the holdup impacts of the crisis/recession are tardily unwound.
Examples
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"May I join you?" he asked, somewhat tardily.
Fiction book (1994) -
She submitted her report tardily, which frustrated her supervisor.
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For these reasons, largely justified, feminist Mariologies tend first to deconstruct and then, often tardily, to reconstruct.
Academic text (2005) -
If any portion or class of society is sheltered from the action of the environment in any essential respect, that portion of the community, or that class, will adapt its views and its scheme of life more tardily to the altered general situation; it will, in so far, tend to retard the process of social transformation.
Blog text (28) -
The author felt obliged to add: "Those who find themselves a little startled by the prospect of a female trombone soloist may be assured that times are, however tardily, changing." 85
Academic text (1993) -
Its basic effect was to make devaluations "occur constantly and gradually, rather than brusquely (and tardily) as in the past" (Hartlyn 1988, 125).
Academic text (1993) -
With the cooperation of the weather, it was not hard to arrive tardily at the harbor for Edinburgh, and Nicholas was unsurprised, knowing Tom Yare, to find nobody there but a few unfamiliar harbor and customs men, who dealt solely with Crackbene and showed no interest in identifying his patron or passengers.
Fiction book (2001) -
The train arrived tardily, causing many passengers to miss their connections.
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He apologized tardily for being late to the meeting.
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Etymology
The word tardily comes from the old Latin word tardus, which means 'slow' or 'late', and is simply the -ly form of tardy. So, to do something tardily is to do it in a slow or late way, 'later than expected'.