a. Also lateish. [f. LATE a. + -ISH.] Somewhat late. Also quasi-adv.

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1611.  Cotgr., Tardelet, latish; or, somewhat tardie.

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1741.  Richardson, Pamela, II. 172. It will be a little latish today.

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1817.  R. B. Haydon, Lett., in Keats’ Wks. (1889), III. 49. I’ll be at Reynolds tonight but latish.

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1837.  T. Hook, Jack Brag, xiv. It was lateish in the evening when he reached Hastings.

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1865.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., VIII. iii. (1872), III. 14. It is Sunday 27th of May, latish.

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1892.  Stevenson, Across the Plains, 204. Latish at night.

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