Meanings
comparative more newly · superlative most newly
- Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
She smelled the newly budding flowers.
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One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
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Origin
- Old Englishnīewlīċe“newly”
- Middle Englishnewly
- Englishnewly
From Middle English newly, newely, neweliche, from Old English nīewlīċe (“newly”), equivalent to new + -ly. Compare Dutch nieuwelijks, German neulich, Danish nylig, Icelandic nýlega. More at new, -ly.
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Bulgarian наскоро, неотдавна
- наскоро (naskoro)Very recently
- неотдавна (neotdavna)Very recently
Catalan novament
- novamentVery recently
Esperanto nove, ĵus
- noveVery recently
- ĵusVery recently
Finnish vasta, vastikään
- vastaVery recently
- vastikäänVery recently
French nouvellement, récemment
- nouvellementVery recently
- récemmentVery recently
German neu
- neuVery recently
Latin nuper
- nuperVery recently
Persian نو
- نو (now)Very recently
Portuguese recém-
- recém-Very recently
Russian вновь, за́ново
- вновь (vnovʹ)Very recently
- за́ново (zánovo)Very recently
- по-но́вому (po-nóvomu)Very recently
- неда́вно (nedávno)Very recently
Spanish nuevamente, recién
- nuevamenteVery recently
- reciénVery recently
Swedish nyligen, ny-
- nyligenVery recently
- ny-Very recently
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newly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newly
“newly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newly.
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