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单词 tardily
释义

tardily

adverb

tar·​di·​ly ˈtär-də-lē How to pronounce tardily (audio)
1
: at a slow pace
2
: late

Synonyms

  • belatedly
  • delinquently
  • late
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Example Sentences

she submitted her scholarship application tardily, so she was not considered 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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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1

tardily

adverb

1
as in late
after the due, usual, or proper time she submitted her scholarship application tardily, so she was not considered

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • late
  • later
  • belatedly
  • slowly
  • eventually
  • subsequently
  • thereafter
  • afterward
  • latterly
  • slow
  • sluggishly
  • delinquently
  • afterwards
  • anon
  • laggardly
  • dilatorily
  • pokily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • early
  • prematurely
  • promptly
  • immediately
  • rapidly
  • speedily
  • quickly
  • swiftly
  • beforehand
  • inopportunely
  • punctually
  • precociously
  • unseasonably
  • pronto
  • snappily
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2
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

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • slowly
  • slow
  • cautiously
  • sluggishly
  • leisurely
  • laggardly
  • deliberately
  • purposefully
  • carefully
  • heavily
  • pokily
  • ploddingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rapidly
  • speedily
  • quickly
  • swiftly
  • hastily
  • briskly
  • apace
  • fast
  • promptly
  • immediately
  • swift
  • readily
  • quick
  • soon
  • fleetly
  • rashly
  • abruptly
  • meteorically
  • impetuously
  • recklessly
  • presto
  • impulsively
  • suddenly
  • snappily
  • posthaste
  • full tilt
  • pronto
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