Cosa (chi) è tardy - definizione
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS GENERAL
William Tardy Clement
tardy
HABIT OF BEING LATE OR DELAYING ARRIVAL
Tardy; Tardies; Mañana attitude; Tardiness (misconduct); Tardiness (vice); Filipino Time; Mañanaland; Mananaland; Mañana Land; Mañana-Land; Late for meeting
(tardier, tardiest)
1.
If you describe something or someone as tardy, you think that they are later than they should be or later than expected. (LITERARY)
He wept for the loss of his mother and his tardy recognition of her affection...
ADJ
• tardiness
His legendary tardiness left audiences waiting for hours.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you describe someone or something as tardy, you are criticizing them because they are slow to act.
...companies who are tardy in paying bills...
ADJ: oft ADJ in -ing/n [disapproval]
• tardiness
...England's tardiness in giving talented young players greater international experience.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N in -ing/n
tardy
HABIT OF BEING LATE OR DELAYING ARRIVAL
Tardy; Tardies; Mañana attitude; Tardiness (misconduct); Tardiness (vice); Filipino Time; Mañanaland; Mananaland; Mañana Land; Mañana-Land; Late for meeting
¦ adjective (tardier, tardiest) delaying or delayed beyond the right or expected time; late.
?slow in action or response; sluggish.
Derivatives
tardily adverb
tardiness noun
Origin
C16: from Fr. tardif, -ive, from L. tardus 'slow'.
tardy
HABIT OF BEING LATE OR DELAYING ARRIVAL
Tardy; Tardies; Mañana attitude; Tardiness (misconduct); Tardiness (vice); Filipino Time; Mañanaland; Mananaland; Mañana Land; Mañana-Land; Late for meeting
a.
1.
Slow, snail-like, sluggish, slowpaced.
2.
Dilatory, slack, late, behindhand, backward, slow.
Wikipedia
William T. Clement
William Tardy Clement (September 27, 1894 – October 17, 1955) was a highly decorated general of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of lieutenant general during World War II. He is most noted as commanding general of Fleet Landing Force that would make the first landing on the Japanese home islands following the nation's unconditional surrender.
Esempi dal corpus di testo per tardy
1. The comptroller believes the Interior Ministry is incapable of preventing tardy submission.
2. Britains tardy reaction to the growing threat is harder to explain.
3. Paulson is not unique in paying tardy attention to the mortgage companies.
4. Cairo‘s streets were emptied of all but a few tardy travelers.
5. Technological solutions to the rocket threat was also tardy in coming.