Antonyms for of late


Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : leyt
Phonetic Transcription : leɪt


Definition of of late

Origin :
  • Old English læt "occurring after the customary or expected time," originally "slow, sluggish," from Proto-Germanic *lata- (cf. Old Norse latr "sluggish, lazy," Middle Dutch, Old Saxon lat, German laß "idle, weary," Gothic lats "weary, sluggish, lazy," latjan "to hinder"), from PIE *led- "slow, weary" (cf. Latin lassus "faint, weary, languid, exhausted," Greek ledein "to be weary"), from root *le- "to let go, slacken" (see let (v.)).
  • The sense of "deceased" (as in the late Mrs. Smith) is from late 15c., from an adverbial sense of "recently." Of women's menstrual periods, attested colloquially from 1962. Related: Lateness. As an adverb, from Old English late.
  • As in afresh : adj new or repeated
  • As in lately : adv new, recently
  • As in new : adv recently
  • As in newly : adv recently
  • As in recently : adv currently
  • As in latterly : adv late

Synonyms for of late

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