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Lately
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Lately
/ˈleɪtli/
Recently or in the near past.
Synonyms:
recently
of late
newly
Antonyms:
anciently
formerly
Examples:
'Then you have not been to sea
lately
?' 'No.
Some of his excuses for absence
lately
had been pretty weak.
Has he lost his vim
lately
, or what is it?'
Etymology:
Derived in the 14th century from the Old English
lætlice
, meaning
slowly
, with the contemporary meaning evolving to imply
in the recent past
.
Usage Statistics:
22 mentions per 1 million words
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