Antonyms for lateness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : leyt

Phonetic Transcription : leɪt

Definition of lateness

Origin : Old English læt "occurring after the customary or expected time," originally "slow, sluggish," from Proto-Germanic *lata- (cf. Old Norse latr "sluggish, lazy," Middle Dutch, Old Saxon lat, German laß "idle, weary," Gothic lats "weary, sluggish, lazy," latjan "to hinder"), from PIE *led- "slow, weary" (cf. Latin lassus "faint, weary, languid, exhausted," Greek ledein "to be weary"), from root *le- "to let go, slacken" (see let (v.)).
The sense of "deceased" (as in the late Mrs. Smith) is from late 15c., from an adverbial sense of "recently." Of women's menstrual periods, attested colloquially from 1962. Related: Lateness. As an adverb, from Old English late.

noun belatedness

Example sentences :

She was evidently engaged, despite the lateness of the hour, in mixing bread.
Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold

He at once arose to go, apologizing for the lateness of his visit.
Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various

Mrs. McVeigh counted the strokes and exclaimed at the lateness.
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

Policemen watched me, but the lateness of the hour made no difference to me.
Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 » by Various

The lateness of the season intensified the deserted look of rural France.
Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall

Here there was some grumbling at my lateness and wondering as to the cause of it.
Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed

The lateness of the hour did not incline Tom to hurry on his journey homeward.
Extract from : « Tom Slade with the Colors » by Percy K. Fitzhugh

Forgetting the lateness of the hour, she started in a mad whirl about the room.
Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach » by Annie Roe Carr

The incongruity of its position is to be referred to the lateness of its delivery.
Extract from : « Fragments of science, V. 1-2 » by John Tyndall

This we could not do because of the lateness of our arrival.
Extract from : « First History of New Brunswick » by Peter Fisher

Synonyms for lateness

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