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! until after the usual time or hour; until an advanced hour, especially of the night: to work late. at or to an advanced time, period, or stage: The flowers keep their blossoms late in warm climates. recently but no longer: a man late of Chicago, now living in Philadelphia. Late means after the expected time, or at the end of a certain period of time. if you're late for a movie, you get to the theater after the film's already started. If you're a late sleeper, you make a habit of dozing long after your alarm goes off. When you're late, you're not on time. 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. 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. hMH3e7.