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re·cent  (rsnt)
adj.
1. Of, belonging to, or occurring at a time immediately before the present.
2. Modern; new.
3. Recent Geology Of, belonging to, or denoting the Holocene Epoch. See Table at geologic time.

[Middle English, new, fresh, from Latin recns, recent-; see ken- in Indo-European roots.]

recen·cy, recent·ness n.
recent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.recently - in the recent past; "he was in Paris recently"; "lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was first affected, but latterly the meaning also"

recently
adverb not long ago, newly, lately, currently, freshly, of late, latterly
Translations
recently [ˈriːsntlɪ] advrecientemente, recién (LAM);
recently arrived → recién llegado;
until recently → hasta hace poco
recently [ˈriːsntlɪ] recent advrécemment;
as recently as → pas plus tard que;
until recently → jusqu'à il y a peu de temps encore
recently [ˈriːsntlɪ] recent adv (not long ago) → kürzlich;
(lately) → in letzter Zeit;
as recently as recent → erst;
until recently recent → bis vor Kurzem
recently [ˈriːsntlɪ] advrecentemente;
as recently as ... → soltanto ...;
until recently → fino a poco tempo fa


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A BULL, escaping from a Lion, hid in a cave which some shepherds had recently occupied.
My dear Mother,--I am very glad to find that my description of Frederica Vernon has interested you, for I do believe her truly deserving of your regard; and when I have communicated a notion which has recently struck me, your kind impressions in her favour will, I am sure, be heightened.
If the caligraphy be Poe's, it is different in all essential respects from all the many specimens known to us, and strongly resembles that of the writer of the heading and dating of the manuscript, both of which the contributor of the poem acknowledges to have been recently added.
 
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