a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. 0. 20 The confident and ouer-lustie French, Doe..chide the creeple-tardy-gated Night, Who..doth limpe So tediously away. View more context for this quotation
1719 E. Young v. 63 How like the Dyal's tardy moving Shade!
1757 J. Dyer i. 39 Thither crouds Each greedy wretch for tardy-rising wealth, Which comes too late.