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freshly

adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfɹɛʃli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: F R EH1 SH L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Recently, newly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In a rude or impertinent manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

very recently

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: newly, fresh, new

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

in an impudent or impertinent manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: impertinently, saucily, pertly, impudently

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English freschely, freschliche (also as ferscheli, fersly, ferselich), equivalent to fresh + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قُبَيْلاً (qubaylan) — recently
  • Catalan: recentment — recently
  • Catalan: de fresc — recently
  • Esperanto: freŝe — recently
  • French: fraîchement — recently
  • Galician: recentemente — recently
  • Norman: fraîchement — recently
  • Catalan: frescament — rude manner
  • French: froidement — rude manner