recently

From recent +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːsəntli/

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recently (comparative more recently, superlative most recently)

1. In the recent past

   Synonyms: newly, lately, freshly; see also Thesaurus:recently

   Antonyms: long ago, long since

   1. (referring to a point of time in the recent past) a short while ago.

      They asked the author to talk about their recently published book.

      • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

        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.

   2. (refering to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times.

      I haven't been sleeping well recently.

      • 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:

        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."