belated

[ bih-ley-tid ]

/ bɪˈleɪ tɪd /

coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time: belated birthday greetings.

late, delayed, or detained: We started the meeting without the belated representative.

Archaic. obsolete; old-fashioned; out-of-date: a belated view of world politics.

Archaic. overtaken by darkness or night.

Origin of belated

1610–20; belate to delay ( be- + late) + -ed²

be·lat·ed·ly, adverb be·lat·ed·ness, noun

belafonte, belah, belarus, belarussian, belasco, belated, belau, belaud, belay, belaya, belaya tserkov

The closings continued for three more days, ending only when the executive director, Patrick Foye, belatedly stepped in.

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Boston, however, has sadly and belatedly proven him right, at least to a degree.

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His absence left tongues wagging, and Romney showed up at a march he belatedly called himself a week later.

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Belatedly, some conservatives have now noticed that cuts in federal spending cost jobs.

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Romney has real assets in this election, as Democrats are belatedly realizing.

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Belatedly, it occurred to Brad that he had neglected to tell the bank man about the broken window.

Dan Carter and the Haunted Castle |Mildred A. Wirt
It was only belatedly, almost fuzzily, that they became aware of his glowering presence in the doorway.

The Helpful Hand of God |Tom Godwin
Malone opened his mouth, shut it and then, belatedly, snapped shut the channel through which he'd contacted her.

Occasion for Disaster |Gordon Randall Garrett
Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds were in the kitchen, she belatedly washing the supper dishes, he smoking his pipe near the window.

Suzanna Stirs the Fire |Emily Calvin Blake
Belatedly, Penny realized she had turned toward the dormitories.

The Cry at Midnight |Mildred A. Wirt

belated

/ (bɪˈleɪtɪd) /

late or too late belated greetings

belatedly, adverb belatedness, noun