recentlyadverb
uk/ˈriː.sənt.li/us/ˈriː.sənt.li/B1 not long ago, or at a time that started not long ago:
Have you seen any good films recently?
Until very recently he worked as a teacher and he still shudders at the memories.
Recently, I've been feeling a bit depressed.
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- After languishing in obscurity for many years, her early novels have recently been rediscovered.
- Until recently the civil war had been largely unreported in the press.
- The government recently nationalized the railways.
- She has recently notched up her third win at a major tennis tournament.
- She has recently suffered a bereavement.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
In the past
- ago
- any more idiom
- anymore
- back in the day idiom
- before
- clock
- dot
- late
- memory
- more
- no longer idiom
- of late idiom
- of old idiom
- old
- past
- the status quo ante
- the week/month/year before last idiom
- the year dot idiom
- use
- used
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