What is "belatedly"

Usage examples of "belatedly".

Charlotte realized, belatedly, that she had jumped to the wrong conclusion.

She wished, belatedly, that she had had the patience to stand by, as Lowenthal had done, and watch the farce unfold while wearing an expression of keen concentration.

Now he belatedly registered the stark, unattractive gown she wore and the severe way her hair was dressed.

Crane was the first person dealt to, and he belatedly noticed that the dealer button lay in front of the bearded man to his right.

None of the other players called the fifty-dollar opening bet, and when it came around to Crane, he belatedly remembered to curl up the edges of his cards and peer down at them with his right eye closed.

Even after they had left the docks and Captain Haven had belatedly decided that he wanted a familiar man as second, and Brashen could move down yet another notch, he had gritted his teeth and obeyed his captain.

After he had bowed and gone, she belatedly wondered if she had enough coin to pay for it.

Miles was not, he realized belatedly, nearly as well up on the fine points of Barrayaran law as an Imperial Auditor ought to be.

Miles realized belatedly that the lurid historical example might have acquired a new personal edge for him.

General Schwarzkopf wanted to tell me himself that, terribly belatedly, the powers that be have recognized my potential and sent it to that collection of clowns on Capitol Hill known as the Senate, seek- ing their acquiescence in my becoming a brigadier general.

He remembered belatedly what Brianna had told him about the new fighting to come.

He took a deep, contented breath of air scented with the homely smells of campfires in the distance and roasting dinner near at handand belatedly recalled the one small detail whose welfare was still his exclusive concern.

He took a step toward me, and I backed up abruptly, aware belatedly that I was clutching the towel to my bosom as though it were a shield.

It occurred to him belatedly that syphilis was perhaps not a topic suitable to discuss with a lady.

The sound of footsteps came to her from the deck overhead and she realized belatedly that the sound of distress that had wakened her had not come from Jemmy, but from the darkness at her side.