Dictionary

newly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈnjʉːli/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
• /ˈnjuːli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈnuli/ (General-American)
• /ˈnjʉle/ (Scotland)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /-lɪ/ (Scotland)
• /ˈnjʉwlɪj/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /ˈnɪʊli/ (Wales)
• /-li/ (Scotland)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
   • She smelled the newly budding flowers.
   • 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:

Forms

Deriveds

newlywed · newly-formed

Synonyms

recently · freshly

Translations (27)

sv nyligen (Very recently) · sq rishtazi (Very recently) · sv ny- (Very recently) · fr récemment (Very recently) · fr nouvellement (Very recently) · pt recém- (Very recently) · fa نو (Very recently) · eo nove (Very recently) · bg неотдавна (Very recently) · la nuper (Very recently) · ml പുതുതായി (Very recently) · ru вновь (Very recently) · ru по-но́вому (Very recently) · fi vasta (Very recently) · de neu (Very recently) · fi vastikään (Very recently) · fo nýliga (Very recently) · te కొత్తగా (Very recently) · ru неда́вно (Very recently) · eo ĵus (Very recently) · es nuevamente (Very recently) · ru за́ново (Very recently) · dsb nowo (Very recently) · bg наскоро (Very recently) · ca novament (Very recently) · es recién (Very recently) · az təzəlikcə (Very recently)