slow to act, move, or happen; late in happening or arriving The law is often tardy in reacting to changing attitudes. people who are tardy in paying their bills to be tardy for school
NAmE//ˈtɑrdl̩i//
adverb NAmE//ˈtɑrdinəs//
noun [uncountable] the tardiness of the company's responseSee tardy in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: tardy