newly
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Etymology
From Middle English newly, newely, neweliche, from Old English nīewlīċe (“newly”), equivalent to new + -ly. Compare Dutch nieuwelijks, German neulich, Danish nylig, Icelandic nýlega. More at new, -ly.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnuli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnjuːli/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -uːli
- Hyphenation: new‧ly
Adverb
newly (comparative more newly, superlative most newly)
- Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
- She smelled the newly budding flowers.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”
Synonyms
- freshly, recently; see also Thesaurus:recently
Derived terms
Translations
Very recently
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