Recently
['riːsntlɪ] or ['risntli]
Definition
(adv.) in the recent past; 'he was in Paris recently'; 'lately the rules have been enforced'; 'as late as yesterday she was fine'; 'feeling better of late'; 'the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also'.
Typist: Melville--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Lately, late, latterly, newly, of late, not long ago.
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Examples
- Recently one of the writers had occasion to present to him a long typewritten document of upward of thirty pages for his approval. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Searchlights have recently been made capable of being seen nearly a hundred miles away. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Recently, 1500 words were flashed from New York to Boston over a single wire in one second. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He rends defenseless women and little children in his lair, but how recently has one of you seen him fight with men? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- A very annoying feature until recently has been the losing of the lower film loop, due to poor patching of the film, tearing of the perforations in the films, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In an instant it was obvious that we had at last come upon the true place, and that we had not been the only people to visit the spot recently. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lubbock has recently remarked, that several minute crustaceans offer excellent illustrations of this law. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Mr. Bhupendranath Basu has recently described a typical Hindu household. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I recently spent a summer in the Pocono Mountains and saw such a well completed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The same observer has recently found great moraines at a low level on the Atlas range in North Africa. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- With the Hanoverian Dynasty England became--as the _Times_ recently styled her--a crowned republic. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The world has recently begun to see through this kind of intellectual fraud. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Yuan Chwang gives an interesting account of a great Buddhist university at Nalanda, where ruins have quite recently been discovered and excavated. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have recently come home to England after a long absence. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Professor Wheatstone has recently contrived an improvement in his index telegraph, which was described by Professor Faraday in a lecture at the Royal Institution in June last. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Kadija, his first wife, was dead, and several of his chief supporters had also recently died. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have myself recently bred a foal from a bay mare (offspring of a Turkoman horse and a Flemish mare) by a bay English race-horse. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Recently, however, that has been widely replaced by use of a Bunsen flame upon an incandescent mantle, such as the Welsbach. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- In the great silver exhibition recently held in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, of more than one thousand pieces, there were only two forks to be found. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Particular stress has recently been laid upon the tread of the foot. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Two choice regiments, recently arrived from Lombardy, led the onset, rending the air with their shouts and confident of an easy victory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Miss Crawford was soon to leave Mansfield, and on this circumstance the no and the yes had been very recently in alternation. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Until recently the great majority of naturalists believed that species were immutable productions, and had been separately created. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Murchison at their head, were until recently convinced that we beheld in the organic remains of the lowest Silurian stratum the first dawn of life. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- More recently a much larger one has been found, weighing 3,034 carats. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And sure enough there was a book on the table which had the air of being very recently closed: a volume of Shakespeare. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- This hotel have recently enlarge, do offer all commodities on moderate price, at the strangers gentlemen who whish spend the seasons on the Lake Come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Moreover, Dr. Gunther has recently been led by several considerations to infer that with fishes the same forms have a long endurance. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The house was damp and decayed, indifferently furnished--evidently, recently occupied and temporarily used. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then, because he was dissatisfied with it, he stopped the sales and commenced a new line of investigation, which has recently culminated successfully. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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