modernly


mod·ern

M0362800 (mŏd′ərn)adj.1. a. Of or relating to recent times or the present: modern history.b. Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date: a modern lifestyle; a modern way of thinking.2. a. Of or relating to a recently developed or advanced style, technique, or technology: modern art; modern medicine.b. Avant-garde; experimental.3. often Modern Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a living language or group of languages: Modern Italian; Modern Romance languages.n.1. One who lives in modern times.2. One who has modern ideas, standards, or beliefs.3. Printing Any of a variety of typefaces characterized by strongly contrasted heavy and thin parts.
[French moderne, from Old French, from Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo, in a certain manner, just now, from modō, ablative of modus, manner; see med- in Indo-European roots.]
mod′ern·ly adv.mod′ern·ness n.
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