belatedly
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4.9
- adverb
- /bɪˈleɪtɪdli/
:
tarde
- She realized belatedly that she should have prepared for the meeting sooner.
- belatedly recognize
- belatedly discover
- only belatedly
And have had this deep sense of cognitive dissonance, which they've only belatedly realized was needless.
- And have had this deep sense of cognitive dissonance, which they've only belatedly realized was needless.
Examples
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Only since the State Department returned to diplomacy have we been able, belatedly, to make progress.
Academic text (2007) -
What worried me was I'd come along so belatedly; everyone else was here except me!
Fiction book (2001) -
America, he argued, must belatedly join the movement of world history.
Academic text (2002) -
I have come to offer an explanation, belatedly, for my conduct.
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There are economic and social rights that activists now, belatedly, mainly since the end of the Cold War, have learned to pursue.
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In some cases, these organizations belatedly acknowledged the link between the evacuation and more general racism.
Academic text (1995) -
I nodded, then belatedly realized he was making a joke and tried to smile.
Fiction book (2000) -
Speaker, this week the Prime Minister rather belatedly acknowledged there's a housing crisis in Britain.
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The Bush administration has belatedly begun to engage Iran and Syria in talks about the future of Iraq.
Academic text (2007) -
Titus's inner turmoil was such that he only belatedly realized the doctor was continuing to talk.
Fiction book (2001)
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Etymology
Belatedly comes from adding be- to late, so it literally means 'in a late way' or 'made late'. That's why belatedly is used when someone does something 'later than expected'.