adv. [f. LATTER a. + -LY2.] a. At the latter end (of life or of some period). b. Of late, lately.
1734. J. Richardson, Life Milton, 2. Latterly he [Milton] was—No; Not Short and Thick, but [etc.].
1735–6. Pegge, Kenticisms (E. D. S.), Latterly, adv., the latter part of his time.
1755. Johnson, Latterly,… a low word lately hatched.
1762–71. H. Walpole, Vertue’s Anecd. Paint. (1786), IV. 143. He died Sept. 23, 1766, at Hammersmith, though latterly he resided chiefly at Bath.
1821. J. Foster, in Life & Corr. (1846), II. 46. A languid tone of health into which I have latterly fallen.
1883. Gilmour, Mongols, xxix. 339. He … gave away so much that, latterly, he had little left.
1885. Manch. Exam., 24 Feb., 5/1. If there has been anything like an increase of ill-feeling latterly.
