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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NEWLY, adv.
1. Lately; freshly; recently.
He rubbd it oer with newly gathered mint.
2. With a new form, different from the former.
And the refined mind doth newly fashion Into a fairer form.
3. In a manner not existing before.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: 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" [syn: newly, freshly, fresh, new]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: before 12th century 1. lately, recently <a newly married couple> <newly affluent> 2. anew, afresh <newly painted> <jurors newly selected for each case>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 recently (a friend newly arrived; a newly-discovered country). 2 afresh, anew (newly painted). 3 in a new or different manner (newly arranged). Phrases and idioms: newly-wed a recently married person.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Newly New"ly, adv. 1. Lately; recently. He rubbed it o'er with newly gathered mint. --Dryden. 2. Anew; afresh; freshly. And the refined mind doth newly fashion Into a fairer form. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. Newly is used before a past participle or an adjective to indicate that a particular action is very recent, or that a particular state of affairs has very recently begun to exist. She was young at the time, and newly married. ...the newly independent countries of Africa and Asia. = recently ADV: ADV -ed/adj

Moby Thesaurus

ab ovo, afresh, again, anew, another time, as new, bis, de novo, encore, freshly, from scratch, lately, new, of late, once again, once more, over again, recently, yet again