1
as in late
after the due, usual, or proper time
she submitted her scholarship application tardily, so she was not considered
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2
as in slowly
at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected
the money that I had lent him for the video games came tardily and only after I told him that if he didn't repay me, I was taking them back
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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.
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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
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
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Critics of the company will say that Apple is once again late to the PC party.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected the appeal in September, ruling it was filed too late.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Once Karloff slowly turns, Whale pushes the camera closer and closer to him in a series of cuts that thrust the viewer into the monster’s space — and which reveal the flawlessness of Pierce’s design in unblinking close-ups.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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Mark Jerome, who took over the program as executive director three years after the Lorch scandal broke, slowly built Riverside back to respectability between 2005 and 2015.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The echoes of this feeling resounded clearly three centuries later in the increasing disconnect between suburban mobility and localism.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Hank and John sold it for an undisclosed amount in 2018 to Viacom (which later merged with Paramount).—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Game 3’s mid-afternoon start time suited TV but made things even more difficult for hitters as shadows passed in front of the plate, eventually to the outfield.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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The devil could be in the details of whatever final plan is eventually put to socios to vote on.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Colleges are belatedly realizing how important that kind of data is to students and their families, said Lee Roberts, chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill, in an interview.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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At the time, the West seemed like a dreamscape, a vision of the future to which my region was belatedly trying to catch up.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Tardily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tardily. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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