newly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
/ˈnuli/
See all 2 pronunciations Show less
/ˈnuli/ · /ˈnjuːli/
Definition of newly
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
-
Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.
“She smelled the newly budding flowers.”
“One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.””
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English newly, newely, neweliche, from Old English nīewlīċe (“newly”), equivalent to new + -ly. Compare Dutch nieuwelijks, German neulich, Danish nylig, Icelandic nýlega. More at new, -ly.
Words you can make from newly
15 playable · top: WYLE (10 pts)
Best play wyle 10 points3-letter words
8 words2-letter words
6 wordsFind your best play with newly
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes newly, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.