MRCP UK EXAMINATIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Late is both an adverb and an adjective; it means the opposite of early. Lately is also an adverb; it means ‘recently’.

Detailed explanation-2: -lately. / (ˈleɪtlɪ) / adverb. in recent times; of late.

Detailed explanation-3: -Of late is a slightly fancy way to say “lately.” If you’ve gone out to the movies six times in the last week, you could say you’ve seen a lot of films of late. The adverb of late can be used anywhere you’d use words like recently or these days.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lately is usually used with a perfect tense of the verb. Look also at the idioms be too late (at the adjective) and too late (at the adverb).