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  • /ˈɹiːsənt.li/ UK
  • /ˈɹi.sənt.li/ Canada, US
  • [ˈɹi.sn̩ʔ.li] Canada, US
  • /ˈɹiːsənt.li/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈɾisəntle/ Scotland
  • /ˈɾiːsəntli/ Wales

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English recent

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English recently

From recent + -ly.

adverb more recently · most recently

  1. a short while ago. My recently published book about the life stories of recently-arrived immigrants.
  2. in recent times. I haven't been sleeping well recently.

Similar: as of late, freshly, just now, just then, late, lately, latterly, newly, novelly, of late, recently

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