Local English word record

belatedly

adverb · 1 sense

later than usual or than expected

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Examples

  • the train arrived late
  • we awoke late
  • the children came late to school
  • notice came so tardily that we almost missed the deadline
  • I belatedly wished her a happy birthday

Word relationships

Synonyms

late, tardily

Source and method

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Princeton WordNet 3.0