Recently Moderate

Recently has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions

Adverb

in the recent past

"he was in Paris recently"

"lately the rules have been enforced"

"as late as yesterday she was fine"

"feeling better of late"

"the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"

recently late lately of late latterly

In the recent past

"I haven't seen my old friend recently, even though we used to meet every weekend."

In plain English: Recently means something happened not long ago, just a short time before now.

"I recently moved to a new apartment."

Example Sentences

"I recently moved to a new apartment." adv

Origin

The word recently is formed by adding the suffix -ly to recent. It entered English as an adverb meaning "not long ago," directly reflecting its original adjective form without a significant shift in core meaning.

Rhyming Words

hotly antly nutly aptly fatly wetly fitly catly artly costly wistly daftly softly raptly fastly deftly meetly nettly tectly shitly

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