TARDILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tardily mean? 

• TARDILY (adverb)
  The adverb TARDILY has 2 senses:

1. without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly')

2. later than usual or than expected

  Familiarity information: TARDILY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TARDILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without speed ('slow' is sometimes used informally for 'slowly')

Synonyms:

easy; slow; slowly; tardily

Context example:

please go slow so I can see the sights

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Later than usual or than expected

Synonyms:

belatedly; late; tardily

Context example:

I belatedly wished her a happy birthday

Pertainym:

tardy (after the expected or usual time; delayed)

 Context examples 

You will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat and be refreshed.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)