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OF LATE
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In the recent past
Example:
the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also
Synonyms:
late; lately; latterly; of late; recently
Classified under:
Context examples:
I an't the least astonished at it in the world, for I have often thought of late, there was nothing more likely to happen.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
“A good cock has ever a brave call. Now, I have shot little of late, but there is Johnston here who will try a round with you for the honor of the Company.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Yes, the Bristol yellowman has been the winning colour of late.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had forgotten immortality of late, and the trend of his scientific reading had been away from it; but here, in Ruth's eyes, he read an argument without words that transcended all worded arguments.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It is a curious thing to understand, for I had certainly never liked the man, though of late I had begun to pity him, but as soon as I saw that he was dead, I burst into a flood of tears.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
It was indeed this attitude upon the part of my friend and certainly not any lack of interesting material which has caused me of late years to lay very few of my records before the public.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Indeed, a general impression had prevailed in the family of late that 'our boy' was getting fonder than ever of Jo, who, however, wouldn't hear a word upon the subject and scolded violently if anyone dared to suggest it.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Tom Bertram had of late spent so little of his time at home that he could be only nominally missed; and Lady Bertram was soon astonished to find how very well they did even without his father, how well Edmund could supply his place in carving, talking to the steward, writing to the attorney, settling with the servants, and equally saving her from all possible fatigue or exertion in every particular but that of directing her letters.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
A subtype of circadian rhythm sleep disorder in which the individual exhibits a persistent pattern of late sleep onset and late awakening, which results from an endogenous sleep-wake cycle that is delayed relative to the societal norm.
(Delayed Sleep Phase Type Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
I think she got to be more timid, and more frightened-like, of late; and that a hard word was like a blow to her.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
