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lately
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Lately
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late·ly
/
ˈleɪt
li
/
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[
leyt
-lee
]
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adverb
of
late
; recently; not long since:
He has been very grouchy lately.
Origin:
before 1000;
Middle English
latli;
Old English
lætlīce;
see
late
,
-ly
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lately
(ˈleɪtlɪ)
—
adv
in recent times; of late
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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, however, his bravado has sounded increasingly misplaced.
You've done the rounds on the sci-fi convention circuit
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