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RECENTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the recent past

Example:

the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also

Synonyms:

late; lately; latterly; of late; recently

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

recent (of the immediate past or just previous to the present time)

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 Context examples: 

Recently, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and Virgo gravitational wave detectors have begun to catch ripples in spacetime caused by collisions of black holes in distant galaxies.

(Unpredicted stellar black hole discovered by astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Until recently, surgery has been the only effective therapy for this tumor.

(Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

An individual who currently, or recently, smokes cigarettes regularly.

(Cigarette Smoker, NCI Thesaurus)

These tumors have only recently been described in mice.

(Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Jupiter, your ruling planet and planet of good fortune, recently entered your second house of earned income, on December 2, 2019, to stay a year, until December 19, 2020.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The most recently recorded sum of diameters minus the lowest sum of diameters previously recorded divided by the lowest sum of diameters previously recorded, multiplied by 100.

(Percent Change From Nadir in Sum of Diameter, NCI Thesaurus)

And sure enough there was a book on the table which had the air of being very recently closed: a volume of Shakespeare.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The most recently recorded sum of longest diameters minus the lowest sum of longest diameters previously recorded divided by the lowest sum of longest diameters previously recorded, multiplied by 100.

(Percent Change From Nadir in Sum of Longest Diameter, NCI Thesaurus)

Drawn, distorted and blood-stained, they were still those of the young fellow-squire who had sat so recently upon his own couch.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Point mutations in alpha-synuclein and the recently described functional duplication of alpha-synuclein lead to excessive intracellular accumulation and protofibril formation.

(Parkinson's Disease Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)