tard- +

A reference to being slow in speech.

1. Later than usual or than expected.
2. Without speed, belatedly or late.
3. With a slow pace or motion.

1. The quality, or habit, of not adhering to a correct, usual, or expected time.
2. Lateness; such as, the tardiness of witnesses or jurors in attendance; or the tardiness of students in attending their classes.

1. Characterized by lateness or delay; said especially of a medical condition with late-emerging signs and symptoms.
2. Etymology: from French, tardif; assumed to be from Vulgar Latin tardivus, "slow"; from Latin tardus, "slow" + ivus, -ive, "late in coming, tardy".

Slowly, a musical direction.

1. After the expected or usual time; delayed.
2. Late; behind time; not on time.
2. Moving, or acting, slowly; slow; sluggish.
3. Delaying some kind of action because of reluctance to do it.
4. Occurring, arriving, acting, or doing something after a scheduled, expected, or usual time; late.

1. Someone who leaves slowly and hesitantly.
2. Anyone who delays leaving or moving onward.

1. To leave slowly and hesitantly.
2. To delay a departure or arrival; especially, in an idle way.
3. To wait in expectation of someone or something.
4. To delay or to postpone starting or acting; to linger.

1. A reference to delaying, staying, or waiting.
2. Relating to a short stay or a sojourn.
3. Characterized by being smeared with tar.