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lately

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  • //ˈleɪt.li//

Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.

avverbio

  1. 1

    Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.

    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,[…]

  2. 2

    gergoIn a late manner; after-the-fact.

    Don't try to come lately and change your answer now after you've heard everyone else's response.

  3. 3

    Formerly.

    David George Philip Cholmondeley, The Marquess of CHOLMONDELEY, K.C.V.O., lately Lord Great Chamberlain, Royal Household.

    The ¼th of the manor of Dunterdon is held of the king by knight's service as of his honour of Okehampton, now in the king's hands by reason of the atteinture of Henry lately Marquis of Exeter for high treason, and is worth 55s 6d yearly.

Etimologia

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

Forme

comparativo
latelier, more lately
superlativo
lateliest, most lately
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