recently

American  

[ree-suhnt-lee] / ˈri sənt li /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• quasi-recently adverb

Etymology

Origin of recently

recent ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

As recently as 2016, a new estate of 40 houses, Bernicia Way, was completed with a legal condition they could only be used as second homes or holiday lets.

From BBC

A UN Security Council committee recently approved exemptions allowing fresh flows of food and medicine into North Korea, according to diplomatic sources.

From Barron's

The offer is equivalent to A$34.00 a share before payment of an interim and special dividend recently announced by BlueScope.

From The Wall Street Journal

The group most recently reissued its pivotal, if divisive, 1996 album “Load” in a gigantic box set last year.

From Los Angeles Times

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, recently said that the truly “smart” people in the future will be those who can “infer the unspoken,” “see around corners,” and “pre-empt problems before they show up.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• freshly
• newly