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lately
- /ˈleɪt.li/
Rhymes with -eɪtli
Where it comes from
From Middle English lately, latly, equivalent to late + -ly. Compare Old English lætlīċe (“slowly, tardily”), Middle Low German lātlîk (“careless, slack, sloppy”).
adverb latelier · more lately · lateliest · most lately
- Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since. I'd lately returned from Japan.
- In a late manner; after-the-fact. Don't try to come lately and change your answer now after you've heard everyone else's response.
- Formerly. David George Philip Cholmondeley, The Marquess of CHOLMONDELEY, K.C.V.O., lately Lord Great Chamberlain, Royal Household.
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