HOW TO PRONOUNCE
lately
/ˈleɪtli/
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What does lately mean?
adverb
- Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since.
- (slang) In a late manner; after-the-fact.
- Formerly.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈleɪtli/
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Beside the provisions lay the flute, whose notes had lately been called forth by the lonely watcher to beguile a tedious hour.
Although lately he had been so prominent a figure in fashionable English society, he had spent most of his early life abroad.
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Mrs. Corey turned a little pale, but shut her lips tight and mourned in silence whatever hopes she had lately permitted herself.
Half the charm of the little village where he had been so often lately was that no one knew who he was.
“But,” exclaimed his mother, amazed, “I thought lately you had made up your mind to have her, and so I said nothing.”