Tar"dy (?), a. [Compar. Tardier (?); superl. Tardiest.] [F. tardif, fr. (assumed) LL. tardivus, fr. L. tardus slow.]
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.
Arbuthnot.
The tardy plants in our cold orchards placed.
Waller.
3.
Unwary; unready.
[Obs.]
Hudibras.
4.
Criminal; guilty.
[Obs.]
Collier.
Syn. -- Slow; dilatory; tedious; reluctant. See Slow.
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Tar"dy, v. t.
To make tardy.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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