Etimology
recent + -ly
adverb
recently (comparative more recently, superlative most recently)
In the recent past
Examples
Synonyms: newly, lately, freshly; see also Thesaurus:recently
Antonyms: long ago, long since
a recently published book
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."