lately
adverb
uk/ˈleɪt.li/us/ˈleɪt.li/B1
recently:
最近,近来I haven't beenfeelingso well lately.最近我一直有些不舒服。
Have you been doing anythinginterestinglately?最近你做了什么有趣的事吗?
Synonyms
oflateformal
latterlyformal
recently
- She'sdevelopedsome verystrangehabitslately.
- She's been getting up to allsortsofmischieflately.
- IaskedTim if he'dseenJackie lately but heshookhishead.
- I've been in highspiritslately.
- He hasn't been too well lately.
In the past
- ago
- any moreidiom
- anymore
- back in the dayidiom
- back thenidiom
- clock
- departed
- dim
- flood
- mist
- moon
- more
- no longeridiom
- non-current
- rewind the clockidiom
- sometime
- step
- step back (in time)idiom
- the mists of timeidiom
- the status quo ante
Grammar
Lateorlately?
Late is both an adverb and an adjective; it means the opposite of early. Lately is also an adverb; it means ‘recently’.…Latemeaning ‘not on time’
Late as an adverb means ‘not on time’:…Latelymeaning ‘recently’
We use lately for states or for repeated events, mostly with the present perfect:…