Latterly
['lætəlɪ] or ['lætɚli]
Definition
(adv.) Lately; of late; recently; at a later, as distinguished from a former, period.
Checker: Melva
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Lately, recently, of late.
Typist: Nadine
Examples
- Having fallen a good deal latterly into the late Sir John's way of always agreeing with my lady, I agreed with her heartily about Rosanna Spearman. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Latterly she had been more and more aware of it. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I find it in all the books concerning Rome--and here latterly it reminds me of Judge Oliver. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Latterly he had often worked at Fieldhead. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Latterly, howeverfor some time, indeedI have had no idea of their meaning any thing. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The family circle became greatly contracted; and though the Miss Bertrams had latterly added little to its gaiety, they could not but be missed. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- When we met latterly in the Park, there was something so natural and unaffected, and wild, about your manner, that I began to forget your notoriety. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Mr. Tangle, says the Lord High Chancellor, latterly something restless under the eloquence of that learned gentleman. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He said that Mrs. Micawber had latterly had her doubts on this point, but that he had dispelled them, and reassured her. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- However, continued Meyler, she got jealous and fond of me latterly, which disgusted me, and I cut her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His hair had latterly began to change its colour. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Yes, and sometimes, when I used to knock latterly, Lady Abdy would not open the door! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- These reflections used to occur to me latterly, as often as I happened to meet Lord Ebrington, with whom I had now only a mere bowing acquaintance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The dispute between them began in Mr. Franklin being led--I forget how--to acknowledge that he had latterly slept very badly at night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Nadine