recently

«recently» in Mova's school dictionary: a short time ago, or in the period not long before now — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (recently)

meaning for a pupil

Recently means a short time ago, or in the period not long before now. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and news: «recently» tells the reader something happened not long before. In everyday speech: «I've been tired recently». Often used with the present perfect: «I have recently started…». Phrases: until recently, only recently, quite recently, more recently.

examples

• We recently moved to a new house. tree →
• Have you seen Tom recently? tree →
• I've been reading a lot recently. tree →
• Until recently, there was a shop on that corner. tree →
• The baby has only recently learned to walk. tree →
• The playground was recently painted. tree →
• UNCLE Remus met a police officer recently. tree →

note

Adverb from «recent» (+ly). Often with the present perfect («have recently done») or past simple («recently moved»). «Recently» is vague: it can mean days or months, depending on context.

In the corpora

• It was reported that hyperinflation happened in Germany about 100 years ago and in Zimbabwe more recently, making money nearly useless.
• "A minute ago" usually just means recently; from 8:03 to 8:10 is really 7 minutes.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.