recentlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɹiːsənt.li/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈɹi.sənt.li/, [ˈɹi.sn̩ʔ.li]
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɹiːsənt.li/, [ˈɹɪi.sənt.li], [ˈɹɪi.sn̩ʔ.li]
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɹiːsənt.li/

副詞

recently (comparative more recently, superlative most recently)

1. In the recent past

   Synonyms: newly, lately, freshly; see also Thesaurus:recently

   Antonyms: long ago, long since

   1. (referring to a point of time in the recent past) a short while ago.

      My recently published book about the life stories of recently-arrived immigrants.

      • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

        The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.

      • 1982, A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan, Tokyo: Kodansha International, page 8:

        The Japanese Archipelago, fringing the eastern edge of Asia, has a rich avifauna, including what is probably the rarest bird in the world - the Toki or Japanese Crested Ibis, and one of the most recently discovered birds - the Okinawa Rail.

   2. (referring to a time period starting in the recent past and including the present) in recent times.

      I haven't been sleeping well recently.

      • 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:

        Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."