Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Not long ago; recently: newly baked bread.
- adv. Once more; anew: a newly painted room.
- adv. In a new or different way; freshly: an old idea newly phrased.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Lately; recently; freshly; just: as, newly wedded; newly painted.
- Anew; afresh; in a new and different manner or form.
Wiktionary
- adv. In a new manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
WordNet 3.0
- adv. very recently
Etymologies
- From Middle English newly, newely, neweliche, from Old English nīwlīċe ("newly"), equivalent to new + -ly. Compare Dutch nieuwelijks, German neulich, Danish nylig, Icelandic nýlega. More at new, -ly. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“She exhaled and passed the joint to someone else, her expression newly dreamy.”
“Laura Fernandez (ph) has been a graduate -- and what we call a newly-minted graduate, for all of two months.”
“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.”
“In a statement, News Corp said James will "work closely" with Rupert Murdoch in what it described as a "newly created role".”
“Luke Gladue knows the name is an attention-getter, which is why it's what he calls his newly launched business.”
“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.”
“Lamina propria and circulating Interleukin-8 in newly and previously diagnosed pediatric inflammatory bowel disease patients.”
“Development of a psychosocial assessment tool to guide the understanding of psychosocial need in newly diagnosed families”
“Those familiar with Western categorizations of genres may call the book, now in newly released trade paper edition, so-called “magical realism.””
A Progressive on the Prairie » Book Review: The Journey of Little Gandhi by Elias Khoury » Print
“Wildlife Services admits in newly-released data that it exterminated 4.1 million animals and destroyed 18,000 more in 2009.”
The Huffington Post: Wendy Keefover-Ring: Wildlife Services Dodges Disclosure on Animal Killing
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