late - adjective

• being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
• of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages
• at or toward an end or late period or stage of development
• after the expected or usual time; delayed
• of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
• having died recently
• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

late - adverb

• later than usual or than expected
• to an advanced time
• at an advanced age or stage
• in the recent past

late - thesaurus

belated   belatedly   deep   former   lately   later   latterly   previous   recent   recently   tardily   tardy