Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of late; lately: at a late or recent time.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.
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- adverb
Recently ; to have occurred a short time before.
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- adverb in the recent past
Etymologies
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Examples
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Fortren, "which term latterly meant the kingdom of the Southern Picts.
Chronicles of Strathearn John Hunter 1883
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In consequence of this, poetic diction has become latterly a kaleidoscope, and ones chief curiosity is as to the precise combinations into which the pieces will be shifted.
XII. On Style 1916
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Gone are the artist's impressions of a new Lord's Tube station, latterly superseded by proposals for an underground car park in the old railway tunnels, for four residential tower blocks at the Nursery end and a submerged Real Tennis court.
Sport news in brief 2011
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Her victory was announced by an unusual tranquillity and gladness of soul, which followed the relinquishing of my ancient and latterly tormenting studies.
Chapter 2 2010
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While other companies have leapt into the tablet and smartphone space, the company which once dominated the PC space - only to be overtaken by HP and, latterly, Lenovo - is now thinking about getting into tablets in a big way.
CES 2012: Dell hedges over Windows 8 or Android for tablet release 2012
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Bloomfield, George (1758 – 1831): Bloomfield's shoemaker brother, who cared for the young Robert in London and latterly, living in Bury St. Edmunds, was responsible for introducing The Farmer's Boy to Lofft.
Index of People 2009
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Fulham, near London: home of William, Catherine and latterly Granville
Index of Places 2009
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The stars of the early days were soon discarded as aspirations grew, but it's still been done on a marginal budget, latterly under the guidance of Terry Brown, who – until the winning penalty went in on Saturday – was rated as the best of non-league managers.
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Empires don't hold together – the British, French etc, and latterly the USSR, broke down.
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The media agenda has been elsewhere – the BBC, cuts, the licence fee, and latterly News Corp and Sky.
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