Usually means: Delayed or late in occurrence.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word belatedly:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. belatedly: Merriam-Webster
  2. belatedly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. belatedly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. belatedly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Belatedly, belatedly: Wordnik
  6. belatedly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. belatedly: Wiktionary
  8. belatedly: Dictionary.com
  9. belatedly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. belatedly: Rhymezone
  11. belatedly: FreeDictionary.org
  12. belatedly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. belatedly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. belatedly: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a belated manner; tardily.

Similar:
tardily, late, behindhand, lately, tardively, delinquently, latterly, dilatorily, latish, reluctantly, more...

Opposite:
timely, promptly, early

Types:
too late, too little, too soft, too hard, too soon, too much, more...

Phrases:
belatedly eventually again, more...

Colors:
    slate gray,     dusty rose,     muted lavender,     faded teal,     antique white, more...

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Similar:
tardily, late, behindhand, lately, tardively, delinquently, latterly, dilatorily, latish, reluctantly, more...

Opposite:
timely, promptly, early

Types:
too late, too little, too soft, too hard, too soon, too much, more...

Phrases:
belatedly eventually again, more...

Colors:
    slate gray,     dusty rose,     muted lavender,     faded teal,     antique white, more...



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