newly
part of speech
adverb (newly)
meaning for a pupil
1) Recently; not long ago: «a newly built school». tree →
2) In a new or different way (rare). tree →
sense in the lessons
Used before past participles to show something has just happened: «newly hatched chicks», «newly painted wall», «newly married couple», «newly arrived pupils». In science lessons on life cycles: «newly hatched caterpillars eat their eggshell».
examples
- The newly hatched chicks were yellow and fluffy. tree →
- Don't touch the newly painted fence. tree →
- Our newly built library opened last week. tree →
- The newly married couple waved to their guests. tree →
- Newly fallen snow covered the playground. tree →
- We welcomed the newly arrived pupils. tree →
- Aladdin ran home, and told his mother of his newly found uncle. tree →
note
«Newly» usually comes before a past participle (painted, built, born). It is not used alone like «new»: say «a new bike», not «a newly bike». Don't mix up with «newsy» or «news».
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «newly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.