recently

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English recent Middle English -ly English -ly English recently From recent + -ly.

1. In the recent past

   “My recently published book about the life stories of recently-arrived immigrants.”

   “The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.”

2. In the recent past

   “I haven't been sleeping well recently.”

   “Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."”