Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Not long ago; recently.
- adverb Once more; anew.
- adverb In a new or different way; freshly.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lately; recently; freshly; just: as, newly wedded; newly painted.
- Anew; afresh; in a new and different manner or form.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Lately; recently.
- adverb Anew; afresh; freshly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
new manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb very recently
Etymologies
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Examples
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She exhaled and passed the joint to someone else, her expression newly dreamy.
Surrender, Dorothy Meg Wolitzer 1999
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Laura Fernandez (ph) has been a graduate -- and what we call a newly-minted graduate, for all of two months.
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Kor considered himself governor of my world, which he termed a newly acquired outpost of the Klingon Empire, and you and Mr. Spock considered yourselves freedom fighters, obligated to liberate us from Klingon domination.
Timetrap David Dvorkin 1990
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Kor considered himself governor of my world, which he termed a newly acquired outpost of the Klingon Empire, and you and Mr. Spock considered yourselves freedom fighters, obligated to liberate us from Klingon domination.
Timetrap David Dvorkin 1990
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Kor considered himself governor of my world, which he termed a newly acquired outpost of the Klingon Empire, and you and Mr. Spock considered yourselves freedom fighters, obligated to liberate us from Klingon domination.
Timetrap David Dvorkin 1990
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In a statement, News Corp said James will "work closely" with Rupert Murdoch in what it described as a "newly created role".
The Guardian World News James Robinson 2011
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In a video posted on YouTube Friday, the Arizona governor stood in front of what she called newly posted signs by President Obama's administration.
No Stories found 2010
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In a video posted on YouTube Friday, the Arizona governor stood in front of what she called newly posted signs by President Obama's administration.
No Stories found 2010
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In a video posted on YouTube Friday, the Arizona governor stood in front of what she called newly posted signs by President Obama's administration.
No Stories found 2010
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Luke Gladue knows the name is an attention-getter, which is why it's what he calls his newly launched business.
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