recently
advUK /ˈɹiːsənt.li/ · CA, US /ˈɹi.sənt.li/
Etymology From recent + -ly.
› In the recent past
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a short while ago.
Referring to a point of time 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.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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- 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.1982, A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan, Tokyo: Kodansha International, page 8:
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in recent times.
Referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present
- 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."2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30: