Antonyms for last-minute

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : min-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɪn ɪt

Definition of last-minute

As in late : adj not on time
As in final : adj ending, last
As in last minute : noun latest possible moment

Example sentences :

The confusion of last-minute preparations to receive them was at its height.
Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

If not claimed then, it would be filled from the last-minute waiting list.
Extract from : « Legacy » by James H Schmitz

Kennon loaded the jeep with the last-minute items he would need.
Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone

That, too, had been a last-minute addition, an experiment which had only had partial testing.
Extract from : « The Defiant Agents » by Andre Alice Norton

It was a last-minute hunch with him--to settle the matter peaceably.
Extract from : « The Alaskan » by James Oliver Curwood

Again, as on that memorable fourth of July, eight months before, he was in his room at the Capitol signing the last-minute bills.
Extract from : « Lincoln » by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson

Last-minute recalculations showed that the extra lightness of the new loaf might be great enough to cause drift during stackage.
Extract from : « Bread Overhead » by Fritz Reuter Leiber

Ella Monahan had a last-minute business appointment, but she promised to be at the dock, somehow, before the boat leaves.
Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber

Allis noted with minute observance each little act in this pantomime of the last-minute plunge.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Then he waited, hoping against all reason that Moera and her organization would bring him a last-minute reprieve.
Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley

Synonyms for last-minute

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