late
/leɪt/ adverb A1- After a deadline has passed, past a designated time. · We drove as fast as we could, but we still arrived late.
- Formerly, especially in the context of service in a military unit. · Colonel Easterwood, late of the 34th Carbines, was a guest at the dinner party.· The Hendersons will all be there / Late of Pablo Fanque's Fair / What a scene!
- Not long ago; just now, recently.
Comparative later · Superlative latest
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Anne, by dint of talking over her shoulder to the girls and occasionally passing a sop of civility to Billy--who grinned and chuckled and never could think of any reply until it was too late--contrived to enjoy the drive in spite of all.
Douglas, and that she would display acute uneasiness if her absent husband should ever be particularly late in his return.
“It is late, and the governor is asleep.
In an instant—but it was just one instant too late—they resumed their solemn masks as my figure came into view.
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