Usually means: Slowest to act or move.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. tarriest: Merriam-Webster
  2. tarriest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tarriest: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tarriest: Wordnik
  5. tarriest: Wiktionary
  6. tarriest: Dictionary.com
  7. tarriest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tarriest: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tarriest: Medical dictionary

(Note: See tarry as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tarry)

verb:  (intransitive) To delay; to be late or tardy in beginning or doing anything.
verb:  (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
verb:  (intransitive) To abide, stay or wait somewhere, especially if longer than planned.
verb:  (intransitive) To stay somewhere temporarily.
verb:  (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.
noun:  A sojourn.
adjective:  Resembling tar.
adjective:  Covered with tar.
noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see tarry


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