Synonyms for lateness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : leɪt |
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for lateness
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