freshly

adverb

fresh·​ly

: in a fresh manner: such as

a

: newly, recently

a freshly cleaned floor

a freshly acquired egg

b

: strongly, vigorously

a freshly blowing breeze

c

: brightly, vividly

a freshly green leaf

d

: strikingly

a freshly original poem

e

: impudently

a freshly forward remark

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from fresh, fersh fresh + -ly

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Rhymes for freshly

• fleshly
• especially