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Recent Examples of tardily While Chanel, which last season shut out guests who arrived a couple of minutes late, started its show — gasp — tardily. Thomas Adamson, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023 Albeit tardily, it has been punished. The Economist, 20 June 2020 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, 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, 20 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tardily
Adverb
  • Despite being in the red zone before the Sanders fumble and having a chance to convert deep shots late, the Cowboys ultimately could not get into plus-territory to get on the scoreboard.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • However, late in the third, particularly after the hour-long rain delay, the Cowboys stepped up.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Worthy remained on the turf before walking slowly off the field, and then to the locker room.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Fans booed as Carter walked off slowly, the standout defensive tackle holding his helmet in his hands behind his back.
    Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • It’ll be added to the Rebel model later in the model year.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Chiefs wideout Xavier Worthy exited with a shoulder injury after colliding with tight end Travis Kelce on Kansas City’s first possession and was later ruled out.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • In due course the informality and loosening of the customs around dressing would take people all the way to grunge and eventually, in the new millennium, put CEOs of multimillion-dollar companies in hoodies.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ten Hag’s first season at United yielded silverware and a third-place league finish, but also had bouts of concerning away form, with tactical weaknesses that would eventually spread and critically undermine his plans for the future.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • There were long queues to get in, and after dropping the first set, Tsitsipas belatedly started to feed off the crowd’s energy.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • For all of these services, the player has belatedly but entirely paid you the commissions owed – a total of $141,000 over the four years.
    Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Tardily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tardily. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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