delinquently

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for delinquently
Adverb
  • The echoes of this feeling resounded clearly three centuries later in the increasing disconnect between suburban mobility and localism.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Hank and John sold it for an undisclosed amount in 2018 to Viacom (which later merged with Paramount).
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Critics of the company will say that Apple is once again late to the PC party.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected the appeal in September, ruling it was filed too late.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Game 3’s mid-afternoon start time suited TV but made things even more difficult for hitters as shadows passed in front of the plate, eventually to the outfield.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The devil could be in the details of whatever final plan is eventually put to socios to vote on.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Once Karloff slowly turns, Whale pushes the camera closer and closer to him in a series of cuts that thrust the viewer into the monster’s space — and which reveal the flawlessness of Pierce’s design in unblinking close-ups.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Mark Jerome, who took over the program as executive director three years after the Lorch scandal broke, slowly built Riverside back to respectability between 2005 and 2015.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Delinquently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delinquently. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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