behindhand

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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

Mr. Saltus was never behindhand when he had decided to go anywhere.

From Edgar Saltus: The Man by Saltus, Marie

Polly, always a little behindhand, hadn’t made up her mind yet what the surprise was to be.

From Little Friend Lydia by Phillips, Ethel Calvert

Not to be behindhand with you in your frumps, I give you back your purse of gold: Take you that—in imagination.

From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John

Suppose a crew are backward as oarsmen and also behindhand in condition.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.