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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 The bank recently opened a branch in Germany.
Translations
recently [ˈriːsntlɪ] ADV
1. (= not long ago) → recientemente, hace poco, recién(LAm)
until recentlyhasta hace poco
it is only very recently that I started paintingempecé a pintar hace muy poco or apenas nada
as recently as 1998 he was living in Londonaún en 1998, todavía vivía él en Londres
it was discovered as recently as 1903se descubrió hace apenas nada, en 1903
2. (= lately) → últimamente, recientemente
I haven't heard from her recentlyúltimamente or recientemente no he sabido nada de ella
just recently he's been acting strangelyúltimamente se ha estado comportando de un modo extraño
3. (before pp) → recién
recently arrivedrecién llegado

recently [ˈriːsəntli] adv
(= a short time ago) → récemment
The bank recently opened a branch in Germany → La banque a récemment ouvert une succursale en Allemagne.
until recently → jusqu'à il y a peu de temps encore
as recently as → pas plus tard que
(= lately) → ces derniers temps
I haven't heard from her recently → Je n'ai plus de ses nouvelles ces derniers temps.
I've been doing a lot of training recently → Je me suis beaucoup entraîné ces derniers temps.

recently
adv (= a short while ago)vor Kurzem, kürzlich; (= the other day also)neulich; (= during the last few days or weeks)in letzter Zeit; recently he has been doing it differentlyseit Kurzem macht er das anders; as recently aserst; quite recentlyerst vor Kurzem, erst kürzlich; until (quite) recently(noch) bis vor Kurzem; he lived there until as recently as last yearer hat bis letztes Jahr noch dort gelebt

recently [ˈriːsntlɪ] advdi recente, recentemente, ultimamente
as recently as 1990 → soltanto nel 1990
until recently → fino a poco tempo fa
recently [ˈriːsntlɪ] advdi recente, recentemente, ultimamente
as recently as 1990 → soltanto nel 1990
until recently → fino a poco tempo fa

recently حديثاً nedávno for nylig neulich πρόσφατα recientemente äskettäin récemment nedavno recentemente 最近 최근에 onlangs nylig ostatnio recentemente недавно nyligen เมื่อเร็วๆนี้ son zamanlarda mới đây 最近


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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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