Tardy

Adjective

 * 1) Late; overdue or delayed.
 * He yawned, then raised a tardy hand over his mouth.
 * 1) ineffectual; slow witted, slow to act, or dullard
 * His tardy performance bordered on incompetence.

Synonyms

 * belated
 * long-delayed

Noun

 * 1) 🇺🇸 A piece of paper given to students who are late to class.
 * The teacher gave her a tardy because she did not come into the classroom until after the bell.

Adverbs for Tardy
unfortunately; disastrously; unluckily; extremely; unaccountably; deleteriously; unreasonably; needlessly; infamously; unaccountably; indiscreetly; lamentably; deplorably; fatally; unconscionably; habitually; characteristically; exasperatingly; inexcusably; unpardonably; discourteously; impolitely; grossly; indecorously; surprisingly; disappointingly; irreparably.

Thesaurus
ahead of time, anachronistic, antedated, arrested, back, backward, beforehand, behind, behind time, behindhand, belated, blocked, checked, dated, delayed, delayed-action, detained, dilatory, early, foredated, held up, hung up, impeded, in a bind, in abeyance, indolent, jammed, lackadaisical, languid, late, latish, lethargic, listless, metachronistic, misdated, mistimed, moratory, never on time, obstructed, out of date, out of season, overdue, parachronistic, past due, phlegmatic, postdated, prochronistic, reluctant, retarded, set back, slack, slothful, slow, slowed down, sluggish, stopped, unpunctual, unready, unseasonable, untimely

Etymology
From tardi:,  from  tardif:, from  *undefined:, from  tardus:

Adjective

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 * Russian: запоздалый
 * Scottish Gaelic: deireannach
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 * Russian: медлительный