behindhand

== English == === Alternative forms === behind-hand === Etymology === From behind +‎ hand. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === behindhand (comparative more behindhand, superlative most behindhand) (archaic, of a person) Late, tardy, overdue, behind (in accomplishing a task, etc.). (archaic, of a task or the object of a task) Not at the expected point of completion. (archaic) Behind (someone or something moving, a trend, etc.), lagging behind, not keeping up. (archaic) Behind in paying a debt; in arrears. (archaic) Not having enough of, lacking (in something). 1777, Samuel Johnson, Letter to James Boswell dated 25 November, 1777, cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, Volume 2, p. 178,[9] […] I have had for some time a very difficult and laborious respiration, but I am better by purges, abstinence, and other methods. I am yet however much behind-hand in my health and rest. (dated) Inferior, less advanced (compared with someone in something). ==== Derived terms ==== behindhandness === Adverb === behindhand (comparative more behindhand, superlative most behindhand) (archaic) Belatedly, tardily. (archaic) In debt, or in arrears. ==== Synonyms ==== (belatedly): late; see also Thesaurus:belatedly