Synonyms for recently

Most common

newly · freshly · these days · lately

Synonyms by meaning

Adverb

Antonyms

soon, long-ago, oldly

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Definitions

1. adv. 1

   In the recent past in recent times.

   I haven't been sleeping well recently.

2. adv. 2

   In the recent past a short while ago.

   My recently published book about the life stories of recently-arrived immigrants.

Related words

Is a kind of

formerly

Example sentences

• newly The newly-elected mayor used to be a pro wrestler.
• freshly Tom spilled coffee on his freshly laundered shirt.
• lately I've been coming to work one train earlier lately.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

new¹

4 letters

late¹

5 letters

newly²

6 letters

lately²

7 letters

freshly²

8 letters

latterly

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (newly² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

dernièrement

Español

últimamente

Deutsch

letzthin