latterly

English

Etymology

From latter +‎ -ly.

Adverb

latterly (comparative more latterly, superlative most latterly)

1. In a latter manner
2. (obsolete) lately, (more) recently
   • 1836 June, The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 159, page 672:

     He was formerly a master in Mr. Snowden's academy, at Hull. He latterly suffered much both from disease and poverty, and terminated his life by cutting his throat at the Royal Institution.

   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, reprinting of 1912 Wessex edition, Barnes & Noble Classics, published 2005, page 337:

     She had latterly been in great doubt as to what the legal effects of her marriage would be upon her position; but no notice had been taken as yet of her change of name […]

   • 1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume 11, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular Fiction Pub. Co., →OCLC, pages 159–178 and 287:

     […] the youngest son of an excellent family slightly known to him, who had latterly been studying sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design […]

   • 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 835:

     Latterly the station was reduced to halt status, and tickets were issued by the guard of the train.