"belatedly" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "prematurely"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "punctually"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "belated",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "belated + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "belated + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more belatedly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most belatedly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "belatedly (comparative more belatedly, superlative most belatedly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 January 28, Dafydd Pritchard, “Cardiff City 1 - 1 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Bennett was belatedly sent off for a second yellow card after fouling Brahim Diaz in added time but there was no shame in Cardiff losing to a City side who have enjoyed similar dominance over far superior teams this season.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 30:32 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03",
          "text": "However, the Japanese battleships and cruisers now come to Chikumas aid, and, within ten minutes, the Roberts is knocked out of action, as the Japanese ships firing at her also belatedly' switch to high explosive, and, within minutes of this change, several massive holes are blasted into her side and she begins to sink.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in Rail, page 58",
          "text": "Storm Charlie had raged throught [sic] the night and was unleashing further gusts on the morning that RAIL was due to inspect a vegetation management project in Kent. Bit by bit, the train timetable unravelled. A trip beginning at Bradford-on-Avon belatedly reached Bath, but that turned out to be journey's end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a belated manner; tardily."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
          "word": "untimeously"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-belatedly-en-adv-5wwfov~b",
      "links": [
        [
          "belated",
          "belated"
        ],
        [
          "tardily",
          "tardily"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
          "word": "behind time"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
          "word": "overdue"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "late"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
          "word": "behindhand"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
          "word": "belatedly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "lateward"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
          "word": "tardily"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "姍姍來遲地"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "姗姗来迟地"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shānshānláichíde",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "姗姗来迟"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "myöhässä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "tardivement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "avec du retard"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "en retard"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "tardivamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a belated manner",
          "word": "poniewczasie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "belatedly"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "prematurely"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "punctually"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "belated",
        "3": "ly"
      },
      "expansion": "belated + -ly",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "belated + -ly",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more belatedly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most belatedly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "belatedly (comparative more belatedly, superlative most belatedly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "untimeously"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "behind time"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "overdue"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -ly",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018 January 28, Dafydd Pritchard, “Cardiff City 1 - 1 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Bennett was belatedly sent off for a second yellow card after fouling Brahim Diaz in added time but there was no shame in Cardiff losing to a City side who have enjoyed similar dominance over far superior teams this season.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 30:32 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 2022-11-03",
          "text": "However, the Japanese battleships and cruisers now come to Chikumas aid, and, within ten minutes, the Roberts is knocked out of action, as the Japanese ships firing at her also belatedly' switch to high explosive, and, within minutes of this change, several massive holes are blasted into her side and she begins to sink.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 June 3, Andrew Mourant, “A safer railway in a greener habitat”, in Rail, page 58",
          "text": "Storm Charlie had raged throught [sic] the night and was unleashing further gusts on the morning that RAIL was due to inspect a vegetation management project in Kent. Bit by bit, the train timetable unravelled. A trip beginning at Bradford-on-Avon belatedly reached Bath, but that turned out to be journey's end.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a belated manner; tardily."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "belated",
          "belated"
        ],
        [
          "tardily",
          "tardily"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "late"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "behindhand"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "belatedly"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "lateward"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:belatedly",
      "word": "tardily"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "姍姍來遲地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "姗姗来迟地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shānshānláichíde",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "姗姗来迟"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "myöhässä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "tardivement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "avec du retard"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "en retard"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "tardivamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a belated manner",
      "word": "poniewczasie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "belatedly"
}