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of late

lately. Have you seen Sally of late? We haven't had an opportunity to eat out of late.

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of late

(slightly formal)

recently She hasn't been feeling well of late.

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of late

Recently, lately, as in She's been very quiet of late; is something wrong? This idiom uses late as a noun instead of an adjective, a usage dating from about 1250. The idiom dates from the early 1400s.

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of late

Recently; lately: was feeling better of late.

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