newly
/ˈnjuːli
/adverb
1Only just; recently: a newly acquired hi-fi system...
- Here I am in a boat, with fellow fisherman, Hal, pitting my newly acquired skills against the canny trout.
- If I continue with this newly acquired skill of holding my breath, I may still survive.
- One of the success stories of more recent times is the newly formed Active Retirement Club.
2Again; afresh: social confidence for the newly single...
- Stella, 54, is newly single and has decided to enter this new phase of her life by doing something different.
- Nancy completed the CA program while fitting it into the realities of life as a newly single parent.
- He played the drums in a local hardcore band, and was apparently newly single.
2.1In a new or different manner: we have to make ourselves newly aware of each text...
- As awareness grows steadily it could stand as a fresh society, highly conscious and newly environmentally aware.
- Not hard advice to take when you are so newly aware of the presence of your lungs.
- She rode home from the hospital newly aware that the shadow on her left side was death.
