Synonyms

recently

American

[ree-suhnt-lee] / ˈri sənt li /

adverb

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

Etymology

Origin of recently

recent ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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As has often been the case in this fixture recently, Ireland struck first when in-form full-back Osborne ran in under the posts in the third minute.

From BBC

“There’s no nose like an English teacher’s nose,” said Mike Finn, a recently retired L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

World number three Rybakina has won four of their five meetings in finals, most recently at the WTA Finals in November and the Australian Open in January.

From BBC

After largely ignoring those overtures for months, Kim Jong Un recently said that the two nations could "get along" if Washington accepted Pyongyang's nuclear status.

From Barron's

Yet anxiety has been building around growing redemption requests that recently prompted several private-credit funds to limit withdrawals.

From MarketWatch

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