How do you use Belatedly in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like late or early, plus the exact meaning.
Belatedly meaning
In a belated manner; tardily.
Using Belatedly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a belated manner; tardily.
- Useful related words include: late, tardily, early.
- In the example corpus, belatedly often appears in combinations such as: was belatedly, has belatedly, and belatedly.
Context around Belatedly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Belatedly
- In this selection, "belatedly" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, apparently, company, leeds, seeing, realising and revealed stand out and add context to how "belatedly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a night belatedly released in and apparently belatedly realising his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "belatedly" sits close to words such as agonizing, allocates and alves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with belatedly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Now, going forward, is President Buhari using the currency redesign to redeem himself, even if belatedly? (16 words)
The officer shouts and belatedly picks up his AK-47 that he has left propped beside a log. (18 words)
Sugar Pie DeSanto’s “Witch for a Night,” belatedly released in 2009, was arranged by the great Charles Stepney. (19 words)
Justice Clarence Thomas, for example, belatedly acknowledged more travel paid by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow from 2019 this year, including a hotel room in Bali, Indonesia and food and lodging at a private club in Sonoma County, California. (38 words)
The resumption of trading came after the company said in a filing on Aug. 25 that it had met guidelines set out by the bourse, including belatedly publishing its financial results and complying with other listing rules. (37 words)
Mom’s head was left on her kitchen table for the arriving police who’d belatedly figured out that Kemper was the guy responsible for the sudden reduction in the area’s hitchhiking population. (34 words)
Now, going forward, is President Buhari using the currency redesign to redeem himself, even if belatedly? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
And Volkswagen should get at least partial credit for belatedly seeing the light, even if it was a consumer backlash that forced them there.
Apparently belatedly realising his mistake, President Macron cancelled a media conference and left the crunch talks on immigration policy and Russia early to rush back to Paris to appear present.
Bob Dylan's intentions for this song were belatedly revealed when a previously unreleased 1971 interview went up for auction.
Building work has only belatedly started this year on the hotel which is planned to feature 210 rooms, a rooftop bar and a pool with panoramic views over the French capital.
Instead, it landed with a clang in October, as the company belatedly began to realise that things had turned south.
Leeds belatedly got on the board just after the half-hour mark through Cameron Smith after a nice offload by Sam Walters put Myler into space.
Mr Hoy said tonight:“Michael Matheson has belatedly been shamed into repaying a bill that he had the audacity to expect the taxpayer to foot.
Now, going forward, is President Buhari using the currency redesign to redeem himself, even if belatedly?
Sugar Pie DeSanto’s “Witch for a Night,” belatedly released in 2009, was arranged by the great Charles Stepney.
The officer shouts and belatedly picks up his AK-47 that he has left propped beside a log.
The resumption of trading came after the company said in a filing on Aug. 25 that it had met guidelines set out by the bourse, including belatedly publishing its financial results and complying with other listing rules.
There was a case that Sancho could have been more significant, that circumstances could have given him the chance to belatedly kickstart his United career.
As sirens belatedly blared across the landscape, some 240 Japanese aircraft terrorised the defence-critical NT centre over two raids and more than three hours.
For Marx and Engels, the East could belatedly jump aboard the Western developmental plane as Hobson says as “The Oriental Express”.
Justice Clarence Thomas, for example, belatedly acknowledged more travel paid by Republican megadonor Harlan Crow from 2019 this year, including a hotel room in Bali, Indonesia and food and lodging at a private club in Sonoma County, California.
Mom’s head was left on her kitchen table for the arriving police who’d belatedly figured out that Kemper was the guy responsible for the sudden reduction in the area’s hitchhiking population.
You can't belatedly complain about rules that you signed up to if you didn't abide by them.
A few days after they began, a government lawyer belatedly showed up with nondisclosure forms from the Department of Homeland Security.
And, it will be a new team – not a reheated North Sydney Bears belatedly relocated two decades after their death.
Blaming and shaming is a slippery slope that causes problems down the line, and Butler is belatedly recognizing said consequences.
Common combinations with belatedly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: