newly
Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
Example
“She smelled the newly budding flowers.”
Synonyms
- freshly
- recently
- fresh
Related words
- newlywed
- newly-formed
Word history
From Old English "nīewlīċe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “newly” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.