of late. Recently, lately, as in She's been very quiet of late; is something wrong? This idiom uses late as a noun instead of an adjective, a usage dating from about 1250. The idiom dates from the early 1400s. late (lāt) adj. lat·er, lat·est 1. a. Coming, occurring, continuing, or remaining after the correct, usual, or expected time; delayed: a late breakfast; a late meeting. See Synonyms at tardy. b. Occurring at an advanced hour, especially well into the evening or night: a late movie on television; the late flight to Denver. 2. Of or toward the end or 1 There seems to be some evidence that as of late (in the sense of recently) was perhaps a bit more common a century or two ago, but I think including as has never been the norm. For all that, I can't really imagine a context where OP's example "and as of late he has agreed to return home" would be considered "natural", even if we removed as. off-late in English dictionary off-late Sample sentences with " off-late " Declension Stem She' s been acting a little off lately opensubtitles2 Nothing nephew, just on diet off late. OpenSubtitles2018.v3 Business seems to have dropped off lately, and I' m beginning to take it personally opensubtitles2 phrase [PHRASE with cl] You use of late to refer to an event or state of affairs that happened or began to exist a short time ago . [formal] His life has changed of late. The dollar has been stronger of late. Synonyms: recently, just now, in recent times, not long ago More Synonyms of of late See full dictionary entry for late 1. adverb. Late means near the end of a day, week, year, or other period of time. It was late in the afternoon. [+ in] She had to work late at night. [+ at] His autobiography was written late in life. [+ in] The case is expected to end late next week. lIxnb3.

off late or of late