freshly
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English freschely, freschliche (also as ferscheli, fersly, ferselich), equivalent to fresh + -ly.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
freshly (comparative more freshly, superlative most freshly)
- Recently, newly.
- The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Florence, hardly glancing round her, lest she should remind him freshly of their last parting […] led him out to a coach that was waiting at the door, and carried him away.
- (uncommon) In a rude or impertinent manner.
Synonyms edit
- (recently): lately; see also Thesaurus:recently
- (rude manner): impolitely, rudely, uncivilly, unmannerly
Translations edit
recently
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rude manner
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