Until lately he was quite a nice boy, but the others have got hold of him.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— of late : RECENTLY
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Macmillan
— within the recent past
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Collins
— You use lately to describe events in the recent past, or situations that started a short time ago.
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Usage
2 uses of ‘lately’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster