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

GPT-3 is getting a lot of oxygen lately because of its size, scope and capabilities.

From TechCrunch

Unfortunately, one of things I’ve learned, because I’ve learned a lot about ventilation lately, is that the buildings, when we had the energy crisis, we went to LEAD buildings.

From Voice of San Diego

Coral bleaching is happening more often and in more places lately.

From Science News For Students

Los Angeles Times chief revenue officer Josh Brandau has been thinking a lot about golf lately.

From Digiday

With that definition, you can see why loneliness may have spiked lately.

From Freakonomics

On the other hand, right-wing activists have lately said, banning displays interferes with the exercise of religion.

From The Daily Beast

The first Bleachers single went to number one in alternative and all the shows have been sold out lately.

From The Daily Beast

Like it or not, forecasting is a “what have you done for me lately” profession.

From The Daily Beast

For the record, Huckabee is no Johnny-come-lately to the cause of overhauling the tax system.

From The Daily Beast

To my mind this is nothing compared to the flip-flops done lately by foreigners.

From The Daily Beast

The church has lately been much enlarged, and the long-standing rebuke no more exists.

From Project Gutenberg

Her sister-in-law pointed out to her that old Mr. Warrender had been very attentive lately.

From Project Gutenberg

The von Fleischl has long been the standard instrument, but has lately fallen into some disfavor.

From Project Gutenberg

It was her wildest dream come true; that is, it had come true, until lately.

From Project Gutenberg

The ground lately in the shaft has been cleaner killas, and if any alteration, better ground.

From Project Gutenberg