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latterly, adv.|ˈlætəlɪ|
[f. latter a. + -ly2.]
a. At the latter end (of life or of some period).
b. Of late, lately.
1734J. Richardson Life Milton 2 Latterly he [Milton] was—No; Not Short and Thick, but [etc]. 1735–6Pegge Kenticisms (E.D.S.) Latterly, adv., the latter part of his time. 1755Johnson, Latterly,..a low word lately hatched. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) IV. 143 He died Sept. 23, 1766, at Hammersmith, though latterly he resided chiefly at Bath. 1821J. Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 46 A languid tone of health into which I have latterly fallen. 1883Gilmour Mongols xxix. 339 He..gave away so much that, latterly, he had little left. 1885Manch. Exam. 24 Feb. 5/1 If there has been anything like an increase of ill-feeling latterly. |