What does newly mean?

Definitions for newly
ˈnu li, ˈnyu-new·ly

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word newly.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. newly, freshly, fresh, newadverb

    very recently

    "they are newly married"; "newly raised objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out of tomatoes"

Wiktionary

  1. newlyadverb

    In a new manner.

    She smelled the newly budding flowers.

  2. Etymology: From newly, newely, neweliche, from niwlice, equivalent to. Compare nieuwelijks,

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Newlyadverb

    Freshly; lately.

    Etymology: from new.

    Such is the power of that sweet passion,
    That it all sordid baseness doth repel,
    And the refined mind doth newly fashion
    Into a fairer form. Edmund Spenser, Hymn on Love.

    Her breath indeed those hands have newly stopp'd. Sha.

    They newly learned by the king’s example, that attainders do not interrupt the conveying of title to the crown. Francis Bacon.

    Her lips were red, and one was thin,
    Compar’d to that was next her chin;
    Some bee had stung it newly. John Suckling.

    Then rubb'd it o'er with newly gather'd mint. Dryd.

ChatGPT

  1. newly

    Newly refers to something that has recently come into existence, been formed or started. It's an adverb that describes an action that has been undertaken or an status that has been achieved not long ago, or is newly completed or done.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Newlyadverb

    lately; recently

  2. Newlyadverb

    anew; afresh; freshly

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'newly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3497

  2. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'newly' in Adverbs Frequency: #256

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of newly in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of newly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of newly in a Sentence

  1. Elise Stefanik:

    There are so many newly-elected Republican women in Congress who are moms, and they are moms on a mission, i mean, there is no greater advocate for the next generation than moms and dads – particularly moms who, when they find out about, you know, the masking mandates in school, some of what's being taught in our school curriculums, moms are stepping up to make their voices heard.

  2. European Commission:

    The newly elected U.S. president was happy that the Brexit was taking place and has asked other countries to do the same.

  3. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

    Hannity added. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has recently been clashing with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and has suggested that Nancy Pelosi has been singling out Nancy Pelosi and three fellow freshman congresswomen because of race. But the persistent singling out... It got to a point where it was just outright disrespectful. ... The explicit singling out of newly elected women of color.

  4. The CAAC:

    Given that two accidents both involved newly delivered Boeing 737-8 planes and happened during take-off phase, they have some degree of similarity.

  5. Thomas Will:

    We want every name that can get us to a prosecution… we are looking at every name even if we know 99 percent of the names we newly get.

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