tardy
Late, or slower than expected.
tardy in a sentence
- The tardy bus finally wheezed round the corner twenty minutes after it was due.
- Ben's tardy arrival, after the bell for the third morning running, earned him a word with Mrs Hill.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to tardy?
- Alate
- Bearly
- Cprompt
- Dpunctual
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A: late. The other three mean the opposite of tardy.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to tardy?
- Adelayed
- Blate
- Cearly
- Dslow
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C: early. The other three mean nearly the same as tardy.
Words that mean something similar
late, slow, delayed
Words that mean the opposite
early, punctual, prompt
More words about time & change
- tedious: Boring because it goes on too long and never changes.
- thrive: To grow strong, healthy and successful.
- transform: To change something completely.
- ultimate: Final, or the greatest of all.
- upheaval: A sudden big change that causes trouble and confusion.
- urgent: So important that it must be dealt with straight away.
- wane: To become gradually smaller or weaker.
- abolish: To officially get rid of something completely, such as a rule or law.
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test