lately
adverb /ˈleɪtli/
/ˈleɪtli/
- recently; in the recent past
- Have you seen her lately?
- It's only lately that she's been well enough to go out.
- (British English) I haven't been sleeping well just lately.
- She had lately returned from India.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLately is used with these verbs:- read
Word OriginOld English lætlīce ‘slowly, tardily’ (see late, -ly).