Lately meaning ‘recently’
We use lately for states or for repeated events, mostly with the present perfect: …

lately | American Dictionary

lately
adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˈleɪt·li/
recently:
My wife hasn’t been feeling well lately.

Examples of lately

lately
The incidence has lately varied between 54 and 65 cases/100 000 inhabitants per year.
Lately there had been an erosion of interest in experiment for its own sake.
The quantity of music instruction has changed periodically; lately it has generally diminished.
Lately, the global coffee industry has changed radically; it has suffered a long cycle of lowest-ever world market prices caused by overproduction and technological change.
Lately, the term "foundationalist" has been used to identify philosophical systems that regard mathematics as a system of ideal, absolutely certain knowledge.
Lately agency and agents have been accompanied by a search for the formation of the self, the body and its encultured experiences.
Lately, molecular biology techniques have been used as objective methods to distinguish between parasite species.
The smallest volume circuit has been developed lately, and was used in two patients.
Lately this subject has come under pressure from two new imperatives : perceived slowing of genetic progress and ambitious functional genomics.
But, lately, demographic pressure has aggravated this situation.
A rather tired historiography has been revived lately by a handful of historians examining the state as a manifestation of social needs and cultural norms.
I would be glad if you or your readers would help me understand something that has been happening lately in this subject.
Only lately has military historiography begun to examine this issue and challenge the notion that cultural factors possess only minimal influence over combat behaviour.
Lately, different types of grammars are combined with agent-based systems.
Local authorities have a special interest in immigrant groups, and lately many of them have been keeping appropriate records.
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