What does lately mean?
Lately means Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since..
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/ˈleɪt.li/ · adverb
Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since..
I'd lately returned from Japan.
It's only lately that I've been well enough to get out of bed.
Ant. […]I am content : ſo he will let me haue / The other halfe in vſe, to render it / Vpon his death, vnto the Gentleman / That lately ſtole his daughter. / Two things prouided more,[…]
Don't try to come lately and change your answer now after you've heard everyone else's response.
David George Philip Cholmondeley, The Marquess of CHOLMONDELEY, K.C.V.O., lately Lord Great Chamberlain, Royal Household.
The ¼th of the manor of Dunterdon is held of the king by knight's service as of his honour of Okehampton, now in the king's hands by reason of the atteinture of Henry lately Marquis of Exeter for high treason, and is worth 55s 6d yearly.
Use lately when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lately means Recently; not long ago; of late; not long since..
Common synonyms include freshly, recently, late, latterly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I'd lately returned from Japan.
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