newly

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.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnuli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːli/

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• Rhymes: -uːli
• Hyphenation: new‧ly

newly (comparative more newly, superlative most newly)

1. Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.

   She smelled the newly budding flowers.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter III, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     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.”

• freshly, recently; see also Thesaurus:recently