Definition of lately
:of late :recently
- has been friendlier lately
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Examples of lately in a Sentence
He has been feeling better lately.
Lately, she has been worrying about her son.
Recent Examples of lately from the Web
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And the great migration to the Sun Belt (and lately the Puget Sound) isn’t going to reverse anytime soon back to the Midwest and Northeast.
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Nationals vs. Marlins 4:05 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 30, Nationals Park The weather gods have certainly been smiling on the Nats lately, and today is no exception.
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And if the Legion of Boom defense reasserts itself after lately slipping from dominance to merely being really good. 7.
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DutchScenery via Getty Images/iStockphoto Getty Images/iStockphoto Top Ten Records reopens 6 Nothing says love like a vinyl record, and this vintage record store in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas has received an awful lot of love lately.
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The team plummeting in the standings is drooping on the field, too, where too often lately it’s absurdly behind early (12-0 in the second on Sunday in Cleveland and 7-0 in the third on Monday).
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Thanks for all the missives lately, especially those supporting the annual column re my trip with my son.
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This wasn’t the only scare lately in the Stone family.
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Given that most of our lives are mediated by a screen—and that that screen spends a lot of time lately delivering nerve-frying, anxiety-inducing news—
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First Known Use of lately
15th century
LATELY Defined for English Language Learners
lately
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adverb
Definition of lately for English Language Learners
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: in the recent period of time
LATELY Defined for Kids
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