lately

adverb

late·​ly ˈlāt-lē How to pronounce lately (audio)
: of late : recently
has been friendlier lately

Examples of lately in a Sentence

He has been feeling better lately. Lately, she has been worrying about her son.
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Another solid contributor lately has been Zack Bolduc. Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025 Flight to safety To be sure, foreign currencies have not moved uniformly against the dollar lately. Jesse Pound, CNBC, 6 Apr. 2025 Gretzky, who appears to have spent more time at Mar-a-Lago than in Canada lately, stayed a little too quiet about everything. Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2025 His goal: to deal with the frustration he's been experiencing lately. John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lately

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lately was in the 15th century

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“Lately.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lately. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

lately

adverb
late·​ly ˈlāt-lē How to pronounce lately (audio)
: not long ago

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