Idiom
as of late
Meaning
Lately; recently.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I have been very busy as of late.”
“She has felt quite tired as of late because she is working two jobs.”
“The weather has been remarkably unpredictable as of late, causing many local farmers to worry about their upcoming harvest.”
Examples
simple
“I have been very busy as of late.”
contextual
“She has felt quite tired as of late because she is working two jobs.”
complex
“The weather has been remarkably unpredictable as of late, causing many local farmers to worry about their upcoming harvest.”
Origin
The phrase emerged as a relatively recent and uncommon blend of the prepositional as of and the adverbial of late. It follows the structural pattern of the related idiom as of yet.
Key words
Related idioms
- Updated