Adjective, : How tardy were you today?. From Dictionary.com.
Bitternut stock accepting Marquardt pecan tardily. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
Then Father Brown awoke tardily to a second truth. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Father Brown] Reference
Habib followed him tardily as far as the outer door. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
The fruit that ripens tardily has ever the finest flavour. From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
The clouds broke in masses, and rolled tardily down the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
"Only our sire, Hurry Centaur, is real," Imino said tardily. From Wordnik.com. [Faun & Games]
Where was the painter's art till Giotto tardily restored it?. From Wordnik.com. [IDEA OF RENAISSANCE] Reference
‘Well, a sort of lover, I suppose,’ she responded tardily. From Wordnik.com. [A Pair of Blue Eyes] Reference
He is over sixty, and his well deserved fame reaches him but tardily. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
Then Henson rang the bell, and after a time Williams appeared tardily. From Wordnik.com. [The Crimson Blind] Reference
It had always been out of the question, but he'd realized that tardily. From Wordnik.com. [Winner Take All] Reference
The morning mail is late, and the Boston papers are tardily distributed. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896] Reference
Such was the compelling power of that love which had come tardily to her. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
The exchequer was only tardily replenished under a loose system of taxation. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
The Danes came down on the king as he was tardily making off, and killed him. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
Some of the ships were lost, others scattered, or lagging tardily on their way. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863] Reference
The awful hours passed tardily with me, in pangs for the soldier and his chiefs. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 570, October 13, 1832] Reference
“Coming rather tardily, I think,” said her ladyship, not altogether playfully. From Wordnik.com. [Castle Richmond] Reference
The inventor came indeed only tardily to discover in which direction his real talent lay. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees] Reference
But however tardily it may appear to some, ultimately, eternal justice will assert itself. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe] Reference
As he tardily advanced his storming columns, the cheers from the fort announced its capture. From Wordnik.com. [Neville Trueman, the Pioneer Preacher : a tale of the war of 1812] Reference
He pointed out the unfairness of the charges of conspiracy which had tardily been withdrawn. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions] Reference
Isabel tardily realizes that she's been played by her best friend Serena and her own husband. From Wordnik.com. [Henry James' Heroine: 'Portrait' Of A Complex Lady] Reference
Why was that man so tardily come to search for it, if he might do so without any body near him?. From Wordnik.com. [Erema] Reference
You will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat and be refreshed. From Wordnik.com. [Frankenstein] Reference
This movement tardily supported though it was by the entente, has at last borne fruit in a United. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
Apt to vary in hue, it is durable both in water and oil, but, like all bituminous earths, dries tardily as. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The civic companies somewhat tardily gave their adhesion to the royal cause, and agreed to defend the city. From Wordnik.com. [London and the Kingdom - Volume I] Reference
The planters, therefore, looked abroad to the existing markets, rather than to wait for tardily creating one at home. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
They have long been unjustly deprived of it, and now comparatively few remain to receive the tardily-accorded distinction. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
(Freight trainmen are restricted more tardily because the risk of damages is less and the anti-nuisance objection is wanting.). From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
All I had to do to secure these tardily-attained luxuries was to protect my clients by my careful attention to their interests. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891] Reference
What you have granted -- sometimes more than our request -- has always been given so tardily as to prove the lack of good will. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
Finally -- and rather tardily considering the product's initial appearance, at the 1964 World's Fair -- AT&T will show the VideoPhone. From Wordnik.com. [Honey, I Shrunk The Disc] Reference
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