recently

[ree-suhnt-lee]

adverb

1. a relatively short time ago, or during the last short while; lately.

   It wasn't something I had really thought about until recently, when we discussed it in one of my Media classes.

   Recently there has been a lot of interest in the use of computer games as innovative educational tools.

Other Word Forms

• quasi-recently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of recently¹

recent ( def. ) + -ly

Related Words

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