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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
lately
adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
become
▪ Barra Inc. has lately become one of the hottest.
▪ And they lived in Atlanta-where talk-ing about the latest health food fads had lately become a passionate way of life.
come
▪ But there has lately come a glimmer of hope.
▪ The most telling snapshot of the way the Wolves have been playing lately came a couple of minutes later.
▪ New hair care system One of the most exciting happenings in hair and scalp care lately comes from respected trichologist Philip Kingsley.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I've been really busy lately, so I haven't been out much.
▪ I've been really tired lately.
▪ I don't know what's come over Angela lately -- she's so moody.
▪ The company went through a bad time last year, but lately things have been improving.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lately

Lately \Late"ly\, adv. Not long ago; recently; as, he has lately arrived from Italy.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
lately

Old English lætlice "slow, sluggish;" see late (adj.) + -ly (2). Meaning "within recent times" is from late 15c., probably a new formation.

Wiktionary
lately

adv. recently; not long ago.

WordNet
lately

adv. in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also" [syn: recently, late, of late, latterly]

Wikipedia
Lately (Divine song)

"Lately" is a ballad recorded by American R&B girl group Divine. The song was released as the group's debut single in 1998 and peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the USA. The gospel-inspired song was eventually released to international markets, but it failed to make as big of an impact as it did in North America.

Lately

"Lately" may refer to:

  • "Lately" (Stevie Wonder song)
  • "Lately" (Divine song)
  • "Lately" (Samantha Mumba song)
  • "Lately" (Lisa Scott-Lee song)
  • "Lately" (Skunk Anansie song)
  • "Lately", a song by British Sea Power from their album The Decline of British Sea Power
  • "Lately", a song by David Gray from his album Life in Slow Motion
  • "Lately", a song by Massive Attack from their album Blue Lines
  • "Lately", a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the B-side of " Dani California"
  • "Lately", a song by Soul Asylum from their album The Silver Lining
  • "Lately" (Tyrese song), from his album Tyrese
  • "Lately", a song by Greg Brown from his album The Poet Game
  • "Lately" (Liz Mcclarnon song)
  • "Lately", a song by Livin Out Loud from their album What About Us
  • "Lately", a song by Canadian dreampop group Memoryhouse
Lately (Skunk Anansie song)

"Lately" is a song by Skunk Anansie, released as the third single from their album Post Orgasmic Chill. It was released in August 1999. CD1 came with an interactive element featuring the video and CD2 featured three exclusive Polaroid pictures of the band. As of 2012, it is the band's last major hit, charting at #33 in their native United Kingdom.

Lately (Stevie Wonder song)

"Lately" is a song by American singer Stevie Wonder recorded for his album Hotter than July (1980). The song was covered by R&B group Jodeci and released as a promotional single for the live album Uptown MTV Unplugged in June 1993.

Lately (Lisa Scott-Lee song)

"Lately" is the debut single from singer/songwriter Lisa Scott-Lee after the split of the pop group Steps. it was released on 12 May 2003 by Mercury Records UK and was written by Scott-Lee and Point 4. The single peaked at #6 in the UK charts, despite hot competition from Sophie Ellis Bextor and the Sugababes. "Lately" was also a successful dance track, peaking at #3 in the UK Dance Charts.

Lately (Macy Gray song)

"Lately" is a song by the American soul singer Macy Gray. It is the first UK single from her fifth album The Sellout. The song was released on June 14, 2010 in the UK and the remixes EP followed on June 17, 2010. "Lately" was a success on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, reaching the top ten.

Lately (Tyrese song)

Lately is the third single released from Tyrese's first studio album Tyrese (1998). The single reached number 56 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 12 on the R&B chart. The song stayed on the Hot 100 chart for a total of thirteen weeks.

Lately (album)

Lately is the studio album by the Contemporary Christian and gospel singer Raymond Cilliers.It was released on the label Brettian Productions in 2005.

Lately (EP)

Lately is the first extended play by the band Ivy. It was released in 1994 on Seed Records. Musically, the EP is an indie rock and alternative rock record, with influences from indie pop as well. The material featured is similar to what was released on their debut studio album, Realistic.

" I Hate December" was released as the only single on January 12, 1996, to promote Ivy's then-upcoming studio album, Apartment Life. The EP was reissued on August 26, 2003 under Unfiltered Records after the success of Ivy's third studio album, Long Distance. Another song featured on the EP, " I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive" also appeared on Ivy's fourth studio album, Guestroom, but this new version was slightly different.

Upon release, Lately received mixed reviews from critics. After its reissued edition in 2003, Lately received strong comparisons to its successor, Realistic.

Usage examples of "lately".

God only knew how much longer, Tara walking out on them, and he, admittedly, too busy lately to give her much of his time, she probably felt completely alone, unwanted and unneeded.

In independence we seek no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from the States with which we have lately been confederated.

Somebody tauld her lately that ane Bell Calvert robbed her house, but she disna believe it.

Lately a certain aperient medicine has become highly popular with both doctors and patients in this country, the same being known as Cascara Sagrada.

Since I penned this, a company is forming to work valuable argentiferous copper-mines lately discovered on Lake Superior.

It was a rough leveling of the debris, upon which several small objects lay carelessly scattered, and at one corner of which a considerable amount of gasoline must have been spilled lately enough to leave a strong odor even at this extreme superplateau altitude.

But, lately, a lot of rumors have been spreading, especially an ancient beholder myth about the coming of the Cloakmaster.

Stuart Buffin undoubtedly witnessed was an Initiative Test, It is something that the Army has lately thought up to give employment to otherwise idle warriors.

Lately, however, Mipps had been baffled by a cerain sort of vagueness in his manner, and yet on thinking it over he realized that this casual preoccupation was accompanied or closely followed by reckless high spirits.

All the ceratopsids have lately been divided into two subfamilies, centrosaurines and chasmosaurines.

Round the table of citrean wood, highly polished and delicately wrought with silver arabesques, were placed the three couches, which were yet more common at Pompeii than the semicircular seat that had grown lately into fashion at Rome: and on these couches of bronze, studded with richer metals, were laid thick quiltings covered with elaborate broidery, and yielding luxuriously to the pressure.

Voltaire and Madame Denis threw their arms round my neck, but their embraces could not stop me, for Roland, to become mad, had to notice that he was in the same bed in which Angelica had lately been found in the arms of the too fortunate Medor, and I had to reach the next stanza.

She ended by saying that her daughter had been in service lately with a lady, and that she would be obliged if she could have her meals by herself.

If fresh cowhides had lately been deposited in this hiding-place where were they?

The great Daimios and the Hatamotos have fallen out about this affair of Matagoro, and lately it has seemed as if they meant to come to blows.