LATELY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

lately

adverb

ˈlāt-lē

Definition of lately

as in recently

not long ago have you been listening to the radio much lately?

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Recent Examples of lately The Real Housewives franchise appears to be firing on all cylinders, lately. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026 There has been an enormous amount of discourse about the cost and compute crunch around frontier cloud models from companies like Anthropic or OpenAI lately. — Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 After a June peace deal collapsed amid jockeying over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil shipments, the president lately has focused on applying economic pressure to Tehran. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 But its veteran leader hasn’t been a big part of that offense lately. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lately

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More recently, the Yemeni government has built up a rival drone arsenal.

— Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Much like its London siblings, Chelsea Townhouse offers a striking counterpoint to the slew of large luxury hotels that have opened in the city more recently—a discreet, comfortable brand of luxury without the extra frills.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of recently

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This was prompted by Moises Caicedo’s fitness — deemed unable to appear against Fulham and coming on late against Brighton before hobbling off again soon after.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit claimed State Farm violated state code over its practices toward additional living expense coverage, including by misrepresenting the terms of such coverage and by paying late.

— Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of late

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If physical gestures serve our relatives just fine, why did our own branch of the family tree gradually favor biological changes in our brains and anatomy that permitted our characteristic complexities in language and precision in speech?

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Unsurprisingly, the Elie Saab H&M collection plays up after-dark glamour, and just in time for holiday party season, too.

— Tina Isaac-Goizé, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026

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