They are a newly married couple.
That is a newly acquired habit.
Here is where we keep the newly arrived merchandise.
The room is newly painted.
Recent Examples on the WebThe silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed.—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 May 2024 Location Onsite at The World Equestrian Center, at the east end of the property that’s being newly developed, The Riding Academy is just a 10-minute stroll or three-minute golf cart ride across the complex from The Equestrian Hotel.—Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024 On his hip sat a black pistol, newly acquired.
100,000 New Guns
Guns, of course, have long been like stars of David in Israel: too common to discuss.—Damien Cave Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 23 May 2024 The agency is inspired by the 1865 federal act that created a Freedmen’s Bureau to provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services and land to African Americans newly freed from enslavement.—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 23 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for newly
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Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of newly was
before the 12th century
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