Meaning & use
recently
Not long ago; within a short time before the present moment.
See it in a sentence
We recently moved into a new apartment closer to my office.
The museum recently added a wing devoted entirely to modern sculpture.
A note on using this word
Recently is typically used with the present perfect or simple past tense, not with the simple present.
Words with a similar meaning
latelynewly
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