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Lately

//ˈleɪt.li// adv, slang

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.

    "I'd lately returned from Japan."

  2. 2
    In a late manner; after-the-fact. slang

    "Don't try to come lately and change your answer now after you've heard everyone else's response."

  3. 3
    Formerly.

    "David George Philip Cholmondeley, The Marquess of CHOLMONDELEY, K.C.V.O., lately Lord Great Chamberlain, Royal Household."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in the recent past wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English lately, latly, equivalent to late + -ly. Compare Old English lætlīċe (“slowly, tardily”), Middle Low German lātlîk (“careless, slack, sloppy”).

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