lately
English
Etymology
From late + -ly. Compare Old English lætīċe (“slowly, tardily”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleɪt.li/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: late‧ly
Adverb
lately (comparative latelier or more lately, superlative lateliest or most lately)
- Recently; not long ago; of late. [from 15thc.]
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i:
- […] I am content; so he will let me have / The other half in use, to render it, / Upon his death, unto the gentleman / That lately stole his daughter: / Two things provided more,— […]
- c. 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act IV scene i:
Translations
recently — see recently
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