单词 | latterly |
释义 | latterlyadv.ΚΠ 1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 19 Vespera. Vespertina: Eeuenyng. Laterly. 2. Relatively near the end of a period of time; in the latter part of life, a career, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [adverb] > at the latter end latewarda1513 latterly1734 1623 T. Powell Wheresoeuer you see Mee 45 The Courtiers suit..was a little lightened by a Cordiall certificat laterly, yet in the end no meanes nor medicine could serue the turne, but of a stopping..it died. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 189 Chr. And could you at any time with ease get off the guilt of sin..? Hopef. No, not latterly [1678 ed. 2 heartily], for then they got faster hold of my Conscience. 1734 J. Richardson & J. Richardson Explanatory Notes Paradise Lost p. ii Latterly he [sc. Milton] was—No; Not Short and Thick, but [etc]. 1780 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) IV. iii. 66 He died Sept. 23, 1766, at Hammersmith, though latterly he resided chiefly at Bath. 1834 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 1 387/2 The Governor..latterly became a sort of Tory-Radical. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxix. 339 He..gave away so much that, latterly, he had little left. 1910 Cornhill Mag. June 753 King Edward..can hardly have been oblivious of the fact that his life was latterly a precarious one. 1983 Times 18 Jan. 16/8 Although latterly confined to a wheelchair she still lived alone in her London flat. 1996 L. Jackson Mercury xiii. 174 He would not leave anything to anyone else, even when he was latterly very sick. 3. In recent times; recently, lately. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > recency > [adverb] neweneOE newlyeOE unyoreeOE noweOE newOE lateOE yesterdaya1300 freshlya1387 of newa1393 anewa1425 newlingsa1425 latewardc1434 the other dayc1450 lately?c1475 erst1480 latewards1484 sith late1484 alatea1500 recently1509 even now1511 late-whiles1561 late ygo1579 formerly1590 just now1591 lastly1592 just1605 low1610 this moment1696 latewardly1721 shortsyne1768 sometime1779 latterly1821 1623 T. Powell Attourneys Acad. 1 Laterly.., euery man may haue a Sub poena out of the same Court, without any Bill. 1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 269 That Empire (though latterly much divided and dismembred..) hath subsisted 1700 years, and may for ought we know, continue as many more. 1730 M. Concanen Speculatist 228 We have latterly been infected with some of the French Pride. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Latterly, of late; in the last part of life. A low word lately hatched. 1821 J. Foster Let. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 46 A languid tone of health into which I have latterly fallen. 1885 Manch. Examiner 24 Feb. 5/1 If there has been anything like an increase of ill-feeling latterly. 1911 A. Bennett Card x. 236 He had latterly acquired a considerable amount of social savoir. 1934 Discovery Dec. 362/2 Photography for all purposes has made immense strides latterly. 2005 M. Woods Rural Geogr. i. ii. 24/2 More latterly, new strands of research have been developed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1575 |
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