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[ adverb ] very recently

Synonyms

newly recently new fresh

Examples

"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"

Used in print

(Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)

He was freshly shaved , and if there had been any alcohol in him we could never have missed detecting some scent of_it on the massive gusts of his laughter .

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[ adverb ] in an impudent or impertinent manner

Examples

"a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"

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