FRESHLY Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

freshly

adverb

Definition of freshly

as in newly

not long ago a freshly-paved road

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Recent Examples of freshly Miniature Bellinis, freshly frothed from large pitchers, swirled about on silver trays, happily scooped up by passersby. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 With all of these freshly trackable orientations and multitask options in the Apple ecosystem (which seems to be paying closer attention to you than ever), what sorts of new engagement data could the foldable design provide app developers with? — Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026 Worcestershire sauce; season generously with freshly ground pepper. — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Sep. 2026 With only Lucien, a freshly out twink with more heart than abs, still by his side, Jim must race to find a cure before the disease erases the community that once worshipped him. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 A lot happened while Rohan and I were on vacation, but the one thing still on my mind — freshly cleansed by Hudson Valley air — is Kevin Warsh’s speech in Jackson Hole. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The smell of freshly ground espresso and incense fills the air, and staff speak to patients in hushed, discreet tones, almost as if discussing state secrets. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 In this week’s MLB Power Rankings, freshly printed this morning, our team posed one big looming question each team has to answer this season. — Chris Branch, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 All three consumer icons had freshly announced new CEOs, which were wrongly greeted with hasty skepticism from analysts. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

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Soon, some eighty thousand horses had disappeared from a capital newly thrumming with Citroën Type As.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
From a basketball problem to a football problem The first wave of lawsuits focused mostly on basketball players because that season doesn’t start until November and there was more time for newly eligible athletes to find roster spots.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of newly

Adverb

As the financial press dials up estimates of total investment in data centers—from hundreds of billions to lately several trillion dollars—the fear of compute overcapacity, low or negative returns, and a recession escalates.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 11 Sep. 2026
The Bengals have gotten off to horrendous starts lately but with Zac Taylor on the hot seat, there should have been a lot more urgency in camp.

— Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of lately

Adverb

Lending Tree fund 47% of buy now, pay later users were late paying back a loan in the last year.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
Goedert said Hurts killed the play late in the play clock, a testament to what Hurts observed before the snap that echoed part of his Saturday conversation with Brady.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of late

Adverb

His team has recently been studying how hearing factors into this, and preliminary findings indicate that the sounds people make while swimming can make a shark more likely to approach from a distance.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Ulta Beauty Buy the dip in the beauty company, analyst Kate McShane recently wrote following Ulta's recent earnings.

— Michael Bloom, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2026

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