lately

Examples

• All

• So the GPU market has been pretty quiet lately, and for good reason.

• Have you heard from Billy Jack lately?

  Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)

• But, you know, lately it's not doing so well.

• I just thought that if anyone had noticed something unusual lately, it would be you.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I've been thinking about him a great deal lately, and you know what?

  The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

• I worried at first, but lately I just prayed when I thought of it.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I've been having some memory issues lately.

  Absolution (2024)

• I suppose I never thought I had much to contribute, but I feel much more extroverted lately.

  Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

• Lately, he and my wife share the notion that I am in some danger, and he insists on accompanying me at all times.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

• I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed lately because of all the changes at work.

Synonyms

R

recently

vslately

∞ 1.0

A short time before now

refers to the whole period just before now rather than one moment

O

of late

vslately

91 3.3

Happening in the recent past, in the last few weeks or months

is the single-word adverb form rather than a phrase

A

as of late

vslately

16 3.5

Recently, in the past few weeks or months

is the shorter adverbial form used more generally

L

latterly

vslately

• UK

1 6.2

In the recent past

refers to the recent period before now in general rather than that later part

Compounds

J

Johnny-come-lately

• Informal

2 9.1

A person who recently joined a group and is seen as a newcomer

How Recent

just

∞ 1.0

lately

∞ 1.0

recently

∞ 1.0

of late

91 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology