How to pronounce lately in American English
“lately” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to lately the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lately” in: all accents · British English (85 clips)
“lately” in real sentences — American speakers
803 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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academic journals lately.
The Obama White House
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They've been quite busy lately.
Census Bureau
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They've been very good lately.
The White House
Words that sound like “lately”
Words one sound away from lately — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “lately”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lately. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.