Lateness
['letnɪs]
Definition
(n.) 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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Examples
- She wondered at the lateness of his call, but had no objection to see him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She waited till the rising of certain constellations warned her of lateness and signed her away. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The driver was evidently discomposed by the lateness of my arrival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was no uncommon thing for him to be away for days and nights on end when he was hot upon a scent, so that his lateness caused me no surprise. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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