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单词 latterly
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latterlyadv.

Brit. /ˈlatəli/, U.S. /ˈlædərli/
Forms: 1500s–1600s laterly, 1600s– latterly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: latter adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < latter adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier lately adv.With the form laterly compare discussion at latter adj., adv., and n.
1. In the evening. Obsolete. rare.
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).
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