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
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
"I thought the work in that department was behindhand?"
From The War-Workers by E.M. Delafield
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
Sooba's wife when she had recovered from her astonishment was not behindhand with her welcome.
From The Outcaste by F. E. Penny
