LATELY


Meaning of LATELY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ leɪtli ]

1.

You use lately to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago.

Dad’s health hasn’t been too good lately...

Lord Tomas had lately been appointed Chairman of the Centre for Policy Studies...

‘Have you talked to her lately?’

= recently

ADV : ADV with v , ADV with cl

2.

You can use lately to refer to the job a person has been doing until recently. ( FORMAL )

...Timothy Jean Geoffrey Pratt, lately deputy treasury solicitor...

ADV : ADV n / -ed

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