recently
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/ˈɹiːsənt.li/
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/ˈɹiːsənt.li/ · /ˈɹi.sənt.li/ · [ˈɹi.sn̩ʔ.li] · [ˈɹɪi.sənt.li] · [ˈɹɪi.sn̩ʔ.li]
Definition of recently
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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In the recent past
“My recently published book about the life stories of recently-arrived immigrants.”
“The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.”
“The Japanese Archipelago, fringing the eastern edge of Asia, has a rich avifauna, including what is probably the rarest bird in the world - the Toki or Japanese Crested Ibis, and one of the most recently discovered birds - the Okinawa Rail.”
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adv
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In the recent past
“My recently published book about the life stories of recently-arrived immigrants.”
“The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.”
“The Japanese Archipelago, fringing the eastern edge of Asia, has a rich avifauna, including what is probably the rarest bird in the world - the Toki or Japanese Crested Ibis, and one of the most recently discovered birds - the Okinawa Rail.”
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In the recent past
“I haven't been sleeping well recently.”
“Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."”
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Etymology
From recent + -ly.
Words you can make from recently
89 playable · top: ERECTLY (12 pts)
Best play erectly 12 points7-letter words
1 word6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
14 words4-letter words
31 words- EELY 7 pts
- EERY 7 pts
- EYEN 7 pts
- EYER 7 pts
- EYNE 7 pts
- EYRE 7 pts
- LYRE 7 pts
- RELY 7 pts
- TREY 7 pts
- TYEE 7 pts
- TYER 7 pts
- TYNE 7 pts
- TYRE 7 pts
- YEET 7 pts
- CELT 6 pts
- CENT 6 pts
- CERE 6 pts
- CERT 6 pts
- CETE 6 pts
- ERNE 4 pts
- LEER 4 pts
- LEET 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- REEL 4 pts
- RENT 4 pts
- RETE 4 pts
- TEEL 4 pts
- TEEN 4 pts
- TELE 4 pts
- TERN 4 pts
- TREE 4 pts
3-letter words
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