"fashionably late" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-fashionably late.ogg [Australia] Forms: more fashionably late [comparative], most fashionably late [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} fashionably late (comparative more fashionably late, superlative most fashionably late)
  1. (idiomatic) Arriving behind time to an event which does not normally require one to be punctual. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Time Derived forms: fashionable lateness Translations (Translations): sopivan myöhässä (Finnish), modnie spóźniony (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fashionably_late-en-adv-UhOQLuZK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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