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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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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tardily
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Following the weekend our next big change will be another extended Arctic Blast late next week.—
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The Kings came back to cut the deficit to one on a few occasions late in the first half.—
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When making the icing, make sure to add the cherry juice slowly.—
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Annual land and sea surface temperature anomalies each year compared to the 20th century average show ocean temperatures respond more slowly but are also rising.—
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Originally a working-class neighborhood of Polish immigrants who raised goats in their yards—leading to the nickname Goat Prairie and later Bucktown—this Chicago enclave has evolved into a mix of independent boutiques and restaurants with a dynamic urban feel.—
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The board voted 5-1 to authorize Superintendent Stacie Stanley to execute the agreement once details were cemented, which took place less than an hour later.—
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Strategic training and long-term transition plans The timing of this contract aligns with broader Navy efforts to sustain and eventually transition the E-6B fleet to its next generation.—
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The officer was eventually knocked off the vehicle, and other members of law enforcement took Muñoz-Guatemala into custody about a mile away.—
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These are goals which could, belatedly, spark the Slovenia international’s first season at United into life.—
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Credit to the administration for realizing – belatedly – that blindly putting tariffs on food that cannot grow here was bad policy, but there needs to be a deeper rollback.—
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“Tardily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tardily. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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