latterly
adv. timeadv. in the later part of a period of time. You use it to talk about what happened at the end of a long time or process.
adv. in the latter part of a period of time; subsequently. Often used to distinguish a later stage from an earlier one.
He was a teacher, but latterly he worked as a writer.
The company started as a small bakery, but latterly it expanded into a global chain of coffee shops.
While the author's early works were characterized by a strict adherence to realism, his latterly novels embraced a more experimental and fragmented narrative style.
From latter + -ly.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Last updated May 28, 2026