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Word entry · 6 letters

lately

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"In recent days"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈleɪt.li/Part of speech adverbSorted aelltyStarts with LEnds with Y2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. in the recent past

Word origin

From Middle English lately, latly, equivalent to late + -ly. Compare Old English lætlīċe (“slowly, tardily”), Middle Low German lātlîk (“careless, slack, sloppy”).

Used in a sentence

  • I'd lately returned from Japan.
  • It's only lately that I've been well enough to get out of bed.
  • Ant. […]I am content : ſo he will let me haue / The other halfe in vſe, to render it / Vpon his death, vnto the Gentleman / That lately ſtole his daughter. / Two things prouided more,[…]

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02Recently6 letters

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