Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Fairly late.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective colloq. Somewhat late.
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- adjective Sort of
late .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective somewhat late
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Examples
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I see this guy up the road, let's say a latish 40'ish dish full of sinews, trying to hitch a ride.
Cluck Cluck Carol Novack 2011
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So perhaps next year I'll catch a latish flight on Monday, so I can stay as long as SignOut, then take Tuesday off work.
Post-Wiscon.. except not julieandrews 2009
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It was latish afternoon, and the tarts were beginning to parade; little Willy goggled at a couple of painted princesses swaying by in all their finery, ogling, and then he says to me in a reverent whisper:
The Sky Writer Geoff Barbanell 2010
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On the other hand, he got a latish start in the movies – he was 27 when he played Tony.
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“Romantic” is thus an Anglo-German term, referring to a phenomena whose origins are associated with Italy, France, Spain, and particularly the high and latish Medieval Romances of Guillaume de Lorris and Chrétien de Troyes.
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“Romantic” is thus an Anglo-German term, referring to a phenomena whose origins are associated with Italy, France, Spain, and particularly the high and latish Medieval Romances of Guillaume de Lorris and Chrétien de Troyes.
Archive 2009-09-01 Hels 2009
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I started writing this latish last Monday evening, having just got back from Sydney.
Journal 16 August Alex Allan 2009
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I remember in the latish 1980s my then cleaner telling me that her poll tax was higher than mine -- and knew then that the game was up for the controversial Thatcher local tax reform.
Raising taxes on those who work hard for little money could be the end of Labour 2008
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I remember in the latish 1980s my then cleaner telling me that her poll tax was higher than mine -- and knew then that the game was up for the controversial Thatcher local tax reform.
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I was perhaps a latish convert to the struggle for democracy and freedom.
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