recently

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymslatelatelyof latelatterly

Questions about recently

What does recently mean?

recently means "in the recent past".

How many syllables are in recently?

recently has 3 syllables: re-cent-ly. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /ˈɹisəntli/.

What is another word for recently?

Close synonyms include late, lately, of late, latterly. 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 recently a common word?

recently is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.