freshly

Questions about freshly

What does freshly mean?

freshly means "very recently". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in freshly?

freshly has 2 syllables: fresh-ly. The stress falls on "fresh". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɛʃli/.

What is another word for freshly?

Close synonyms include newly, fresh, new, impertinently, saucily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is freshly a common word?

freshly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.