Local English word record

lately

adverb · 1 sense

in the recent past

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Examples

  • he was in Paris recently
  • lately the rules have been enforced
  • as late as yesterday she was fine
  • feeling better of late
  • the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also

Word relationships

Synonyms

recently, late, of late, latterly

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Princeton WordNet 3.0