Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.
I'd lately returned from Japan.
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(slang) In a late manner; after-the-fact.
It's only lately that I've been well enough to get out of bed.
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(of a peer) Formerly.
Don't try to come lately and change your answer now after you've heard everyone else's response.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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