Mar 28, 2015. #10. Yeah, it should be " of late" and means " lately". "off-late" is a typo I guess. Thanks everybody for the explanation. Unfortunately, the discussion is not in the language that I can understand, but I catch the word " of late", and it is what I've been looking for. Thanks again! 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. 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 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. 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. adverb as in latterly Compare Synonyms Synonyms Strong matches lately recently Weak matches a short time ago afresh anew in recent times just now new newly not long ago adverb as in new Compare Synonyms Synonyms 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. 7J6kIg.