Lately

Definition: Lately

Lately

Adverb

1. In the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "lately" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Synonyms: Lately

Newness

Adverb: newly; Adjective: afresh, anew, lately, just now, only yesterday, the other day; latterly, of late.

The Past

Yesterday, the day before yesterday; last year, ultimo; lately; (newly).

Crosswords: Lately

Lisa, normally, I would say that you should stand up for what you believe in, but you've been doing that an awful lot lately (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

I've been having these weird thoughts lately like is any of this for real or not (Kingdom Hearts; writing credit: Billy Gallo; Robert Gillings)

It seems like lately, everyone's mad at you. (Ransom; writing credit: Cyril Hume; Richard Maibaum)

Not lately. (Carpool; writing credit: Don Rhymer)

I'm just thinking about him so much lately. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Lately I've been staring in the mirror (Lately; performing artist: Jodeci)

Have I told you lately that I love you (HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY; performing artist: Rod Stewart)

But now lately (I Don't Wanna; performing artist: Aaliyah)

You're having a hard time and lately you don't feel so good (You're Only Human (Second Wind); performing artist: Billy Joel)

Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one (Peace Train; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

I married my wife for her looks...but not the ones she's been giving me lately! (references; author: unknown)

Johnny Come Lately (1943)

Honey Come Lately (1996)

Loose Lately (1995)

Of the Fields Lately (1975)

What Have You Done For Me Lately (performing artist: Janet Jackson)

Lately (performing artist: Jodeci)

Have I Told You Lately (performing artist: Rod Stewart)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Have You Felt Like Giving Up Lately; A Source Book for Healing Your Hurts (reference)

• Of the Fields, Lately (reference)

• Read Anything Good Lately (reference)

• Things I'Ve Learned Lately (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Have You Seen Me Lately (reference)

• Lately [US CD/Cassette Single] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Mr. Coon: Good morning, Mrs. Porcupine, how are the twins? : Mrs. Porcupine: They have been a bit cross lately, you see, they are just cutting their quills. Credit: Library of Congress.

Wonders of the invisible world: being an account of the trials of several witches, lately executed in New England...by Cotton Mather. Credit: Library of Congress.

The Skeleton of a large species of quadruped hitherto unknown lately discovered one hundred feet under ground near the River La Plata / drawn up by G. Cuvier. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

A shadow has fallen upon the scenes so lately lighted by the Allied victory. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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But Jane, it seems, had a letter from them very lately, and not a word was said about it.

There was a chair set close beside the child, and there were signs of some one having been there, lately.

This spirit of quarrelsome comradeship which he had observed lately in his rival had not seduced Stephen from his habits of quiet obedience

And then his pilgrimage was over, and he went to sit on the doorstep where the shade was lately fallen

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Health

The word “autism” has been in the news a lot lately. (references)

Business

Payment delays still exist, but have improved lately. (references)

Trousers or pants suits have been becoming more popular lately. (references)

Expectations have risen lately due to the arrival in the local market of Pulte, a major US development company. (references)

Economic History

Ghana

Other suppliers are Japan, U.K., East Asian countries and, lately, South Africa. (references)

Uruguay

ECLAC has not updated its statistics but Embassy thinks that poverty has increased lately. (references)

Greece

Lately, there have been instances of smaller importers joining together to form cooperatives. (references)

Political Economy

PANAMA

The Government of Panama has lately begun to address these problems more constructively. (references)

ROMANIA

The Romanian Export-Import Bank engages in trade promotion activities on behalf of Romanian exporters, and has lately become more of a commercial and analysis bank. (references)

BOLIVIA

Persistent trade deficits since 1991 have been offset by large inflows of foreign assistance and private investment, allowing official foreign exchange reserves to grow to a record $1.1 billion (December 2000), decreasing slightly to $980 million (April 2001). Net reserves were slightly more than five months of imports as of February 2001. As tax revenue dropped due to the economic downturn, the budget deficit for the non-financial public sector increased to 3.4 percent of GDP in 1999, 4.0 percent in 2000 (largely as a result of pension reform), and likely even higher for 2001 and 2002. Lately, the public deficit has been financed primarily by domestic debt purchased by local banks and pension administrators. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "lately": till lately. Additional references.

Ending with "lately": johnny-come-lately.

Albanian

shumë kohë përpara (langsyne), kohët e fundit (latterly, newly, of late, recently). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مؤخرا (back, newly, recently), ‏حتى ساعة متأخرة, ‏أخيرا (at last, eventually, finally, in conclusion, in the end, last ditch, lastly, latterly, really, that is to say, ultimately). (various references)

Bulgarian 

напоследък (latterly, of late, recently). (various references)

Chinese 

近來 (recently), 最近 (latterly, Nearest, Newly, recent, recently), 一向 (all long, constantly, earlier, the whole time). (various references)

Czech

nedávno (latterly, newly, not long ago, recently, some time ago, the other day). (various references)

Dutch

recentelijk, recentelijk (recently), recentelýk (recently), de laatste tijd, de laatste tijd (recently), de laatste týd (recently). (various references)

Esperanto

lastatempe (recently). (various references)

Finnish

viime aikoina (of late, recently), hiljakkoin (of late, recently), äskettäin (of late, recently). (various references)

French

dernièrement (at last). (various references)

German

kürzlich (recent, recently), neulich (newly, recently, the other day), neuerdings (again, latterly, newly, recently), letztlich (net, ultimately). (various references)

Greek 

πρόσφατα (freshly, newly, of late, recently). (various references)

Hebrew 

לאחרונה (finally, lastly, of late, recently), לא מכבר (freshly, recently), זה לא כבר (not long ago, recently), בימים האחרונים. (various references)

Hungarian

nemrég (a short time ago, just now, newly, recently), újabban (latterly, of late, recently). (various references)

Indonesian

akhir-akhir ini (recently). (various references)

Italian

recentemente (freshly, late, latecomer, newly, recently). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

近頃 (nowadays, recently), 予予 (already, often), 予々 (already, often), 予て　 (already, previously), 予て (already, previously), 此の間 (during this period, recently, the other day), 此の程 (at this time, now, recently, the other day), 此の所 (recently), 兼ね兼ね (already, often), 今回 (now, this time), こそ泥 (because of this, besides, by doing, by means of, can, clicking, compact, drumming, dry, due to this, frightened, happens on occasions, hard, has occurred, hitch, in addition, it has been arrangedthat, it has been decidedthat, it is I who should say so, laboriously, maybe, misspelling of "kon ni chi ha", moreover, perhaps, possibly, prejudice, puritanical, recently, regularToukai-line shinkansen, secretly, sneak-thief, sound of rapping, steadily, stealthily, such a thing happened, thanks to this, the other day, there are times when, through, to be able to, to be concerned about, to be particular about, to fuss over, to have done, to this extent, trouble, unflaggingly, untiringly, using, via), この間 (recently, the other day). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かねがね (already, often), かねて (already, previously, simultaneously), こないだ (recently, the other day), このほど (at this time, now, recently, the other day), このかん (during this period, recently, the other day), このあいだ (during this period, recently, the other day), このところ (recently), こんかい (now, this time), ちかごろ (nowadays, recently). (various references)

Korean 

늦게 (late, later, latest, tardily). (various references)

Manx

er y gherrit (of late), er y gherrid (recently). (various references)

Norwegian

i det siste. (various references)

Pig Latin

atelylay.(various references)

Portuguese

ultimamente (late of, low, recently), recentemente (freshly, latterly, newly, now, of late, recently, yesterday). (various references)

Romanian

recent (fresh, freshly, green, hot, late, latter, latter day, latterly, low, new, newly, recent, recently, up to date), de curând (fresh, freshly, late, latterly, low, new, newly, of late), în ultimul timp (in these latter days, latterly). (various references)

Russian 

недавно (a short time ago, fresh, freshly, late, latterly, newly, of late, recently), за последнее время (of late). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

onomad (otherwhence, recently), nedavno (late, latterly, recently). (various references)

Spanish

últimamente (of late, recently). (various references)

Swedish

på sista tiden (latterly, of late), nyligen (freshly, just, latterly, of late, recently). (various references)

Thai

เมื่อไม่นานนี้. (various references)

Turkish

son zamanlarda (in these days, of late), son günlerde (latterly, recently), geçenlerde (a short time since, recently). (various references)

Ukrainian

нещодавно (freshly, new, newly, not long ago, short time ago). (various references)

Vietnamese 

mới gần đây, cách đây không lâu. (various references)

modo. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "lately": articulately, desolately, disconsolately, immaculately, inarticulately, inviolately, lamellately, oblately, philately, reticulately. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Lately" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alastel, Bately, Gateley, Gately, Hately, lafey, latelier, laterlie, laterlly, laterly, lateyn, Latilla, latley, latly, lazely, Letley, litel, litely, litil, Lochgelly, lutel, luteola, lutey, Lutley, rately. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lealty.

-1 letter: alley, tally, telly.

-2 letters: ally, late, leal, tael, tale, tall, teal, tela, tell, yell.

-3 letters: ale, all, alt, ate, aye, eat, ell, eta, lat, lay, lea, let, ley, lye, tae, tea, tel, tye, yea, yet.

-4 letters: ae, al, at, ay, el, et, la, ta, ya, ye.

+1 letter: alertly, playlet, stalely.

+2 letters: alkylate, allotype, dentally, elatedly, festally, latently, latterly, legality, lethally, lobately, loyalest, lunately, lyrately, mentally, methylal, oblately, playlets, rectally, retrally, tallymen, teleplay, tomalley, vestally.

+3 letters: alkylated, alkylates, allometry, allostery, allotypes, alterably, artillery, artlessly, belatedly, bestially, centrally, elegantly, enterally, eternally, ethically, exaltedly, fatefully, genitally, hatefully, healthily, lambently, laterally, lethality, lineality, literally, loyalties, methylals, neutrally, palmately, philately, relatedly, reliantly, saliently, tactilely, tallyhoed, tearfully, teleplays, telically, textually, thermally, tolerably, tomalleys, ventrally, wealthily.