being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time | between an earlier and a later period of time |
of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages | of a stage in the development of a language or literature between earlier and later stages |
at or toward an end or late period or stage of development | being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series |
having died recently | equally distant from the extremes |
of the immediate past or just previous to the present time | |
after the expected or usual time; delayed | |
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past | |