lately

[ leyt-lee ]

adverb

1. of late; recently; not long since:

   He has been very grouchy lately.

lately

/ ˈleɪtlɪ /

adverb

1. in recent times; of late

Word History and Origins

Origin of lately¹

before 1000; Middle English latli; Old English lætlīce; late, -ly

Example Sentences

The Bengals have been a bit more up and down lately but they’re desperate.

From Los Angeles Times

Lately, I’ve been trying to find my way back to beauty.

From Los Angeles Times

The Bengals have been a bit more up and down lately, but they’re desperate.

From Los Angeles Times

If you’ve been on X lately, you’ve probably seen this but not even realized it: a clean-looking logo for an online crypto casino called Stake pasted onto a poorly cropped and low-res meme or a video.

From Slate

“But it seems to me it makes people even more angry, irritates and outrages them. Because people really cannot understand, especially lately, those attacks that hit peaceful houses.”

From BBC