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belatedly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial belatedly has 1 sense
- belatedly(r = adv.all) late, tardily - later than usual or than expected; "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"
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