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freshly

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Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈfɹɛʃli/

Definition of freshly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. Recently, newly.
    “The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.”
    “Florence, hardly glancing round her, lest she should remind him freshly of their last parting […] led him out to a coach that was waiting at the door, and carried him away.”
    “Filter cards were prepared from freshly collected blood (EDTA blood, 2–6 h old) and from hemolyzed blood (EDTA blood, 2–4 days stored at -20°C).”
    “He smelt freshly fried kachoris rescued from the wedding buffet.”
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adv

  1. Recently, newly.
    “The freshly picked flowers will wilt in a few days but for now are still fragrant.”
    “Florence, hardly glancing round her, lest she should remind him freshly of their last parting […] led him out to a coach that was waiting at the door, and carried him away.”
    “Filter cards were prepared from freshly collected blood (EDTA blood, 2–6 h old) and from hemolyzed blood (EDTA blood, 2–4 days stored at -20°C).”
    “He smelt freshly fried kachoris rescued from the wedding buffet.”
  2. (uncommon)In a rude or impertinent manner.

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Etymology

From Middle English freschely, freschliche (also as ferscheli, fersly, ferselich), equivalent to fresh + -ly.

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