recently — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In the recent past a short while ago.

   Usage

   • referring to a point of time in the recent past

   Synonyms

   newlylatelyfreshly

   Antonyms

   long agolong since

   Examples

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

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   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.

   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.

2. In the recent past in recent times.

   Usage

   • referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present

   Synonyms

   newlylatelyfreshly

   Antonyms

   long agolong since

   Examples

   I haven't been sleeping well recently.

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   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."

Adverb

1. in the recent past

   Synonyms

   latelatelyof latelatterly

   Examples

   he was in Paris recently

   lately the rules have been enforced

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   as late as yesterday she was fine

   feeling better of late

   the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also