behindhand
Example Sentences
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Considering that this Fantaisie' was ordered, and paid for, and eaten more than a year ago, I realize that I am behindhand with it.
From Time Magazine Archive
I'll get it for you; for you're a little behindhand in literary matters, and I propose to train you in every way.
From San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams by Charles Paul de Kock
Did it ever strike you, by the way, how behindhand your countrymen are in the matter of hotels?
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
Nevertheless, he could not help putting one or two questions, for his own information; to which the garden satrap was not in the least behindhand with his answers.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
Polly, always a little behindhand, hadn’t made up her mind yet what the surprise was to be.
From Little Friend Lydia by Ethel Calvert Phillips
