lately
Use Lately in a sentence
li adverb
of late; recently; not long since: He has been very grouchy lately.
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| —adv | |
| in recent times; of late | |
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Lately
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Example sentences
Lately, however, the manuscripts have begun to trickle out into the world.
The crime-is-in-our-genes notion has popped up in the news lately.
Lately, though, these adjectives hardly spring to mind when company bosses are mentioned.
Stories of pepper spray have been all over the news lately.
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