currently

adv

currently

adv

UK /ˈkʌɹ.ənt.li/ · US /ˈkʌɹ ənt.li/

Etymology From current + -ly.

1

At this moment, at present, now.

  • All the beds of the hotel are currently occupied, but we have a free room tomorrow.
  • I'm currently living with my parents while I find a new job.
2 more examples
  • He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 13 Feb 2012, page 162:
  • CBP told CNN it currently processes “nearly 4 million duty-free de minimis shipments a day.”2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the chaos”, in CNN:
Synonyms
anymore, any more, at present, at the minute, at the moment, at this moment in time, atm, currently, just now, now, nowadays, presently, right now, these days
Antonyms
formerly, subsequently
Related terms
in this day and age
Hyponyms
immediately, today

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