Middle English Dictionary Entry
lā̆tlī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | lā̆tlī adv. Also lattli, lat(t(eli. Comp. latlier. |
| Etymology | From lāt(e adj.; also cp. OE lætlīce. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) After a delay, tardily, reluctantly, belatedly; (b) with caution, rarely, sparingly; (c) recently.
Associated quotations
a
- ?c1400 Rolle Psalter (Sid 89:Bramley)39.24 : Latli [UC 64: cum not holy].
- c1425 Castle Love(2) (Eg 927)820 : It was til our faith ful heply That Thomas of Ynde trowed lattly.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.581 : Hit wole most auaunce In londis that beth estiuous for hete, The figtre latly [L sero] ripyng forto gete.
- c1440(?c1350) Mirror St.Edm.(4) (Thrn)18/13 : Þou ȝernys ilke a daye þat at noghte avayles the, and euer mare ouer lattly þat at may availe the.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)42.5 : Latly is funden a purged life when god demys that all wate, for thof men kan fynd noght to reprehend god kan.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)55/32 : Whanne a kynge sees any good or profit to doo, with discrecion do he hit noght ouer latly ne ouer hastly.
- a1500 *Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)9/4 : For as Valere saith, 'Good come but lately, yet the long abydyng is recompencid through the gretenes of the peyne.'
b
- a1450(?1348) Rolle FLiving (Cmb Dd.5.64)93/135 : Sa mykell we sall latlyer gyf fayth till any dreme, þat we may not sone wyt whilk es soth, whilk es fals.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)73/39 : Sterynge of body ne bathes vse but latly.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)114/21 : Oon euenn creature and attempre..latly spekyng but mystere be.
c
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)71a : Lately [Monson: lattely]: Nuper.