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Search phrase: tardy

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL IV.i.45Nay, an you be so tardy come no more in myNay, and you be so tardie, come no more in my
The Comedy of ErrorsCE II.i.44Say, is your tardy master now at hand?Say, is your tardie master now at hand? 
HamletHam III.ii.25tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannottardie off, though it make the vnskilfull laugh, cannot
HamletHam III.iv.107Do you not come your tardy son to chide,Do you not come your tardy Sonne to chide,
Henry IV Part 22H4 IV.iii.28These tardy tricks of yours will, on my life,These tardie Tricks of yours will (on my life)
Henry VIIIH8 I.iv.7.2O, my lord, you're tardy.O my Lord, y'are tardy;
Julius CaesarJC I.ii.296However he puts on this tardy form.How-euer he puts on this tardie forme:
Richard IIIR3 II.i.91Some tardy cripple bare the countermand,Some tardie Cripple bare the Countermand,
Richard IIIR3 IV.i.51Be not ta'en tardy by unwise delay.Be not ta'ne tardie by vnwise delay.
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.226That you have ta'en a tardy sluggard here.That you haue tane a tardie sluggard heere?
Romeo and JulietRJ II.vi.15Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.Too swift arriues as tardie as too slow.
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.iv.140The prince must think me tardy and remiss,The Prince must thinke me tardy and remisse,

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Glossary

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behindhandbackward, tardy, sluggish
laglate, lagging behind, tardy
tardyinadequately
tardydelay, retard, hold back
tardydull, slow-witted, reluctant
tardycatch unawares, take by surprise
tardy-apishslow in copying, always behind in imitating
tardy-gaitedslow-moving, sluggish

Thesaurus

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tardybehindhand
tardylag

Themes and Topics

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Discourse markers... say ce ii i 44 say is your tardy master now at hand tell me ...
Functional shift
Politeness...chful gentlemen / that you have ta’en a tardy sluggard here mercy i cry you ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
TARDYBASICtardily adv, tardiness n, tardy adj, tardy v
TARDYSTATEtardy-apish adj, tardy-gaited adj

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