newly
Etymology

From Middle English newly, newely, neweliche, from Old English nīewlīċe, equivalent to new + -ly.

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈnuli/
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈnjuːli/
Adverb

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.”
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