The correct phrase is "of late." Muhammad Naeem (LanguageExpert, IELTS and NLP Trainer) Knows English 3 y Lexically speaking, the right item is "Of late" meaning "Recently". He visited Paris (as) of late = Recently. However, "Off late" can be contextually correct in sentences as: "He got off late". It means he left work/job/evening shift late.
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.
Merriam-Webster unabridged. Synonyms for OF LATE: late, just, now, lately, new, newly, recently, only; Antonyms of OF LATE: before, early, earlier, previously, ago, formerly, anciently, heretofore.
V/Line conductors, train controllers and customer service staff walked off the job at 3am. was more than 40 minutes late due to cancelled train services.
a (1) : coming or remaining after the due, usual, or proper time. a late spring. was late for class. (2) : of, relating to, or imposed because of tardiness. had to pay a late fee. b (1) : of or relating to an advanced stage in point of time or development : occurring near the end of a period of time or series.
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 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.
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