recently

adverb
/ˈɹiːsənt.li/

In the recent past

Other meanings

referring to a point of time in the recent past a short while ago.
referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present in recent times.

Synonyms

late
lately
of late

Example sentences

“Have you had a glass of water recently?”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“My dad got a pacemaker recently.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “recently” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; 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.