of late

1. 1.

   in the recent past

   “he was in Paris recently”

   “lately the rules have been enforced”

   “as late as yesterday she was fine”

   “feeling better of late”

   “the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also”

   Synonymsrecentlylatelatelylatterly

Questions about of late

What does of late mean?

of late means "in the recent past".

What is another word for of late?

Close synonyms include recently, late, lately, latterly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.