tardinessn.
/ˈtɑːdɪnɪs/ The quality of being tardy.
a. Slowness of movement or action.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > slowness of action or operation > [noun]
slacknessc1000
hoolinessa1340
latesomeness1357
slothc1380
lateshipc1390
slownessa1398
lateliness?c1400
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
tardityc1450
lenta1500
ignavy1543
retardance1550
lingering1570
tardiness1608
lentitude1623
languidness1634
tediousness1691
lentora1763
slow-coaching1837
snailishness1905
the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [noun] > tardiness or sluggishness
hoolinessa1340
latesomeness1357
slothc1380
lateshipc1390
lateliness?c1400
sluggednessc1425
slugginessc1450
sluggishnessc1450
tardityc1450
ignavy1543
tardiness1608
lentitude1623
languidness1634
tediousness1691
lentora1763
tarditude1794
laggardness1869
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear i. 227 A tardines [1623 tardinesse] in nature, That often leaues the historie vnspoke that it intends to do. View more context for this quotation
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 111. ⁋4 Something of the tardiness and frigidity of age.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xvi. 308 The tardiness of his pace seems to have reference to the capacity of his organs.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. 247 They..conformed with great care to the tardiness of our advance.
b. Delay in time; lateness.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > lateness
latesomeness1357
lateness1564
tardity1599
belatedness1631
tardiness1752
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 200. ⁋6 The tardiness of his return, gave me reason to suspect that time was taken to deliberate.
1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 475 He chides the tardiness of every post, Pants to be told of battles won or lost.
1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan II. 201 Hence the tardiness of our information.
c. Lateness in arriving, esp. at a meeting or assembly, a class or school, etc. U.S.
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the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > [noun] > lateness > in arriving
tardiness1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tardiness,..lateness; as, the tardiness of witnesses or jurors in attendance; the tardiness of students in attending prayers or recitation.
1902 J. Corbin Amer. at Oxf. 17 All this brings recollections of the paternal roof, where tardiness at breakfast meant the loss of dessert.
1930 Randolph Enterprise (Elkins, W. Va.) 2 Oct. 5/4 No business enterprise would tolerate the percentage of absence and tardiness experienced in the schools.
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