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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.

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Examples for "slowly"
Examples for "slowly"
1
Political power is slowly shifting away from the US, Europe and Japan.
The Irish Times
2
Meanwhile, the virus spread slowly in Europe while China eased quarantine measures.
The Irish Times
3
Howat smiled at her; he returned slowly to the actual, the particular.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
4
Yet as this information slowly dripped out, public opinion remained heavily pro-Diana.
News.com.au
5
Allow to drip through slowly and the resulting water will run clear.
Radio NZ
1
It is far too easy to blame 'special events' for curbing growth.
The Irish Times
2
The investing process from there was fairly easy: long Japan, short France.
The quants: how a new breed of math whizzes conquered wall stree...
3
However, enforcement isn't always a given and tourists still remain easy targets.
News.com.au
4
Of course, just because the choice is clear doesn't mean it's easy.
The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
5
Young people say pornography is too easy to watch in New Zealand.
Radio NZ
1
The government has been extremely slow to respond to problems, he said.
Reuters
2
As a result, FORM 6 was slow, extremely expensive, and incredibly good.
Wired
3
However, the rate of its rise is likely to slow, they said.
Reuters
4
Police issued a record number of tickets to slow drivers last year.
Radio NZ
5
Its secret nature, however, meant that this information was slow in coming.
Reuters
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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