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

Example Sentences

Other global brands have recently experienced similar attacks.

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The yen has recently weakened to near 157.90 against the dollar.

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FTC lawyers were in court again recently trying to block Edwards Lifesciences from buying a much smaller rival developing a device for a heart condition.

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“I had read about him and thought he was Jewish,” says Mayer, whose grandfather had recently died, leaving a hole in his life.

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Annual inflation has come down to just below 12%, and the currency, the kwacha, has recently strengthened following a precipitous decline in the early years of the Hichilema presidency.

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