1. (superl.) Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.
2. (superl.) Not being in season; late; dilatory; -- opposed to prompt; as, to be tardy in one's payments.
3. (superl.) Unwary; unready.
4. (superl.) Criminal; guilty.
5. (v. t.) To make tardy.
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