Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence : I wrote to him as 'lately' as last week

Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence : I wrote to him as 'lately' as last week

Explanation

Lately – حال ہی میں، کچھ عرصہ پہلے

Recently (حال ہی میں، تازہ تازہ)