Meaning & use

recently

adverb·Everyday

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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