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Late

Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.

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Advanced 84% connected

of Advance

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Advanced 84% connected

of Advance

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Dead 84% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Dead 84% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Latish 84% connected

Somewhat late.

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Latish 84% connected

Somewhat late.

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Modern 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or ti…

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Modern 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or ti…

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New 84% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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New 84% connected

Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's posses…

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Past 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Past 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a former time or state; neither present nor future; gone by; elapsed; ended; spent; as, past troubles; past offences.

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Posthumous 84% connected

Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.

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Posthumous 84% connected

Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.

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Ripe 84% connected

The bank of a river.

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Ripe 84% connected

The bank of a river.

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Lateness 74% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.

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Lateness 74% connected

The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.

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Belated 66% connected

of Belate

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See also 2

Modern 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or ti…

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Modern 66% connected

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or ti…

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Belated 92% connected

of Belate

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Deep 92% connected

Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured…

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Former 92% connected

One who forms; a maker; a creator.

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Lately 92% connected

Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.

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Later 92% connected

A brick or tile.

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Latterly 92% connected

Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.

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Previous 92% connected

Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness.

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Recent 92% connected

Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trit…

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Recently 92% connected

Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.

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Tardily 92% connected

In a tardy manner; slowly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tardy 92% connected

Moving with a slow pace or motion; slow; not swift.

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Antonym 4

Early 94% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Early 94% connected

Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

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Middle 94% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Middle 94% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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