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tardily

adverb
tar·​di·​ly | \ ˈtär-dÉ™-lÄ“ How to pronounce tardily (audio) \

Definition of tardily

1 : at a slow pace
2 : late
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Examples of tardily in a Sentence

she submitted her scholarship application tardily, so she was not considered the money that I had lent him for the CDs came tardily and only after I told him that if he didn't repay me, I was taking the CDs back

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 Messer and Rokita tardily tried to remind voters that Braun was a former Democrat who had once (gasp!) voted for a gas-tax increase in the legislature. — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, "Favorites Win Nearly Everywhere on First Big Primary Night of 2018," 9 May 2018 These fluttered tardily through the migratory funnel that is Cape May, N.J., their iconic orange-and-black patterns splashing against the muted green of pines frosted by the season's first chill. — Joe Trezza, Washington Post, "Monarch butterfly migration was off this year and researchers are worried," 20 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of tardily

circa 1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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