latterly
latterly adverb: in a latter manner.
Adverb
latterly (comparative more latterly, superlative most latterly)
- In a latter manner
- lately, (more) recently
- He was formerly a master in Mr. Snowden's academy, at Hull. He latterly suffered much both from disease and poverty, and terminated his life by cutting his throat at the Royal Institution.1836 June, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 159, page 672
- She had latterly been in great doubt as to what the legal effects of her marriage would be upon her position; but no notice had been taken as yet of her change of name […]1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, reprinting of 1912 Wessex edition, Barnes & Noble Classics, published 2005, page 337
latterly meaning in Malayalam
latterly in Malayalam
- of late, recently, lately
- ഈയിടെയായി, അടുത്ത കാലങ്ങളിലായി, ഈയടുത്ത്, ഇടക്കാലത്ത്, സമീപഭൂതകാലത്ത്, അടുത്തയിടയ്ക്ക്
- finally, ultimately, towards the end
- ഒടുവിൽ, അവസാനം, വഴിയെ, ഒടുക്കം, ആത്യന്തികമായി, അന്തിമമായി
Examples of latterly in a sentence
- […] the youngest son of an excellent family slightly known to him, who had latterly been studying sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design […]1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre...
- Latterly the station was reduced to halt status, and tickets were issued by the guard of the train.1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 835:
Forms of latterly
| comparative | more latterly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most latterly |
Origin of latterly
From latter + -ly.
Questions about latterly
- What does latterly mean?
- Latterly means in a latter manner.
- What is latterly in Malayalam?
- Latterly in Malayalam is ഈയിടെയായി, അടുത്ത കാലങ്ങളിലായി, ഈയടുത്ത്. See Latterly meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use latterly in a sentence?
- […] the youngest son of an excellent family slightly known to him, who had latterly been studying sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design […]
- What part of speech is latterly?
- Latterly is an adverb.
Words near latterly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: latterly (page history and authors); latterly (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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