tardily
/tɑː.də.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "Suyin had tardily, but accurately, realized that night life in this urbane company was bound to be more exciting than a cinema date with two sincere, but unelegant, factory workers."
- "You will find near this place, if you follow not too tardily, a dead hare; eat, and be refreshed. Come on, my enemy; we have yet to wrestle for our lives, but many hard and miserable hours must you endure, until that period shall arrive."
- "A Chinese mob in 'Takau insulted the members of the Japanese legation as they were returning from Peking. The mob's action led to a tumult which was tardily suppressed by the authorities."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more tardily (comparative)
most tardily (superlative)