Latterly

Definition

latter / 'lætǝ(r) / adj ( fml ) ေနာက္ပိုင္း။ the latter half of the year ❍ in the latter part of her life. ❏ the latter n [sing or pl v ] ေဖာ္ျပၿပီးေသာ နာမ္ပုဒ္ႏွစ္ခု အနက္ ဒုတိယနာမ္ပုဒ္။ Many support the former alternative, but personally I favour the latter (one). ❍ LATE 1 Compare FORMER ❏ latter-day adj ေနာက္ေပါက္။ ေနာက္ေပၚ။ a latter-day Robin Hood ❍ latter-day scholars. ❏ latterly adv မၾကာေသးမီက။

Examples

1. He did well in both schoolwork and sport and won a number of medals in the latter (=in sport).
2. Two treaties were signed
3. in 1990 and 1998
4. but only the latter agreement was considered valid.
5. She maintained her interest in Latin during her latter years.
6. Total profit was £550 million in the latter half of 2003.