How to pronounce belatedly
Listen to belatedly in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“belatedly” in real sentences
125 clips in the index · 3 American · 90 British · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I belatedly give his apologies.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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rather belatedly acknowledged there is a housing crisis in Britain.
UK Parliament · hear it here
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1970s brought the end of the Vietnam War, but very belatedly.
British Library · hear it here
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And we are belatedly trying to catch up and fix some of these problems.
Penguin Books UK · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of belatedly. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.