Webster's 1828 Dictionary
LATENESS
n. 1. The state of being tardy, or of coming after the usual time; as the lateness of spring or of harvest.
2. Time far advanced in any particular period; as lateness of the day or night; lateness in the season; lateness in life.
3. The state of being out of time, or after the appointed time; as the lateness of one's arrival.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
LATENESS
LATENESS Late "ness, n.
Defn: The state, condition, or quality, of being late; as, the lateness of his arrival; the lateness of the hour; the lateness of the season.
New American Oxford Dictionary
lateness
late ness |ˈlātnis ˈleɪtnəs | ▶noun 1 the fact or quality of happening or arriving after the expected or usual time; unpunctuality: she wouldn't tolerate lateness in her class. 2 the fact of being far on in the day or night: she noticed the lateness of the hour.
Oxford Dictionary
lateness
late |ness |ˈleɪtnɪs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the fact or quality of happening or arriving after the expected or usual time; unpunctuality: she wouldn't tolerate lateness in her class. 2 the fact of being far on in the day or night: she noticed the lateness of the hour.
American Oxford Thesaurus
lateness
lateness noun Dinny is known for her lateness: unpunctuality, tardiness, delay, dilatoriness.
Oxford Thesaurus
lateness
lateness noun unpunctuality, tardiness, belatedness, delay, retardation, dilatoriness. ANTONYMS punctuality, timeliness, earliness.
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