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Meanings of tardily in English

Portuguese
lentamente

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

      lentamente

      Later than usual or than expected.

          Synonyms
          Examples for "late"
          Examples for "late"
          1
          Washington, however, late last week issued new sanctions against Caracas's oil industry.
          News.com.au
          2
          Having said that, of course, reality-myreality-hadgotten rather odd of late.
          Act of will
          3
          South Korea' banking sector was crippled by the late 1990s financial crisis.
          Reuters
          4
          Lidl acquired 27 Best Market stores on Long Island late last year.
          Reuters
          5
          A possibly late answer could bring a solution to an earlier problem!
          The South African
          1
          And the welfare of its citizens, of course, he added, somewhat belatedly.
          Mob rules
          2
          We have come to help her belatedly, but help her we will.
          The Guardian
          3
          Ministers belatedly made the right call about meal vouchers over the summer.
          The Guardian
          4
          This was after making his senior debut rather belatedly at age 24.
          The South African
          5
          This belatedly provoked a response, the collector finally firing his weapon again.
          Bedlam
          Usage of tardily in English
          1
          The morning mail is late, and the Boston papers are tardily distributed.
          McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 3, February 1896
          2
          Then Henson rang the bell, and after a time Williams appeared tardily.
          The Crimson Blind
          3
          No Charlemagne with his Gallic armies forced it tardily to accept baptism.
          Europe and the Faith / "Sine auctoritate nulla vita"
          4
          I asked, tardily enough, though not through lack of thought of him.
          Carette of Sark
          5
          He had re-accomplished his last murder, tardily but once and for all.
          Gather, Darkness!
          6
          American leadership is recognised, however tardily, as indispensable to the world.
          The Irish Times
          7
          The tide of time itself ebbs tardily to the eternal sea.
          Death du Jour
          8
          The General says he is informd that the Levies are making very tardily.
          The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3
          9
          The clouds broke in masses, and rolled tardily down the sky.
          Summerfield / or, Life on a Farm
          10
          The next post brought him the letter, which his wife had tardily forwarded.
          East Lynne
          11
          The ban may fall tardily, but it is sure to fall.
          The Duel Between France and Germany
          12
          Yet he tardily acquired the experience necessary to guard him against future imposition.
          Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman
          13
          It had always been out of the question, but he'd realized that tardily.
          Winner Take All
          14
          His smile was that of a brother who remembers tardily to be loving-kind.
          The Grafters
          15
          She remembered him now, tardily and with a pang of remorse.
          The Scarlet Pimpernel
          16
          At least I will go to my own place, if tardily.
          The Thing from the Lake
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          Translations for tardily
          Tardily through the time
          Tardily across language varieties
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