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# newly

«newly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Recently; not long ago: «a newly built school»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (newly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Recently; not long ago: «a newly built school». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#m1)

2) In a new or different way (rare). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used before past participles to show something has just happened: «newly hatched chicks», «newly painted wall», «newly married couple», «newly arrived pupils». In science lessons on life cycles: «newly hatched caterpillars eat their eggshell».

### examples

- The newly hatched chicks were yellow and fluffy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#x1)
- Don't touch the newly painted fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#x2)
- Our newly built library opened last week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#x3)
- The newly married couple waved to their guests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#x4)
- Newly fallen snow covered the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#x5)
- We welcomed the newly arrived pupils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#x6)
- Aladdin ran home, and told his mother of his newly found uncle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/#x7)

### note

«Newly» usually comes before a past participle (painted, built, born). It is not used alone like «new»: say «a new bike», not «a newly bike». Don't mix up with «newsy» or «news».

### In the corpora

- [«Keep off the grass» signs mean the grass may be newly seeded or resting, so walk on the paths.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/228-parks-and-playgrounds/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «newly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.