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# recently

«recently» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short time ago, or in the period not long before now** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (recently)

### meaning for a pupil

Recently means a short time ago, or in the period not long before now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recently/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news: «recently» tells the reader something happened not long before. In everyday speech: «I've been tired recently». Often used with the present perfect: «I have recently started…». Phrases: until recently, only recently, quite recently, more recently.

### examples

- We recently moved to a new house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recently/#x1)
- Have you seen Tom recently? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recently/#x2)
- I've been reading a lot recently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recently/#x3)
- Until recently, there was a shop on that corner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recently/#x4)
- The baby has only recently learned to walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recently/#x5)
- The playground was recently painted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recently/#x6)
- UNCLE Remus met a police officer recently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recently/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «recent» (+ly). Often with the present perfect («have recently done») or past simple («recently moved»). «Recently» is vague: it can mean days or months, depending on context.

### In the corpora

- [It was reported that hyperinflation happened in Germany about 100 years ago and in Zimbabwe more recently, making money nearly useless.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar/15/)
- ["A minute ago" usually just means recently; from 8:03 to 8:10 is really 7 minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/108-how-long-since-counting-back/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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