recently; in the recent past 最近;新近;近来;不久前 Have you seen her lately? 你最近见过她吗? It's only lately that she's been well enough to go out. 她只是最近才康复,可出去走一走了。 - (British English)
I haven't been sleeping well just lately. 我就是在最近才一直睡不好觉。 She had lately returned from India. 不久前她从印度回来了。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLately is used with these verbs:- read
Word OriginOld English lætlīce ‘slowly, tardily’ (see late, -ly).