{
    "term": "lately",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "recently; in the recent past",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you seen her lately?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's only lately that he's been well enough to go out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't been sleeping well just lately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had lately returned from India."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈleɪtli/",
                "audio": "la/lately/lately__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈleɪtli/",
                "audio": "la/lately/lately__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English lætlīce ‘slowly, tardily’ (see late, -ly)."
}