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.
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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
"I thought the work in that department was behindhand?"
From The War-Workers by E.M. Delafield
But many private gentlemen joined the fleet in craft hastily equipped for warfare, and it would be a thing to wonder at if Ralegh was behindhand when such doings were happening.
From Great Ralegh by Hugh de Selincourt
‘Trying?’ said the Judge, looking up from his soup; for the Bride had determined not to be behindhand in keeping her promise, and had opened the attack thus early.
From A Bride from the Bush by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung