freshly C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈfrɛʃli/ UK /ˈfrɛʃli/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like fleshly /l/ vs /r/ Meanings 1 adv recently or newly; in a fresh manner The bread was freshly baked that morning. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · recently or newly; in a... newlyrecentlylatelyjustanew ↔ Opposites stalely Word family Related forms freshfreshenfreshness Appears in Tongue twisters (1) See all Freshly Dried Flying Fish Flesh of freshly dried flying fish. Move between /fl/ in flesh and flying and /fɹ/ in freshly. Keep the /ʃ/ endings of flesh and fish distinct from the /f/ beginnings. Etymology AI details From fresh (from Old English fersc, 'unsalted, pure') + the adverbial suffix -ly. fersc Old English *friskaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # freshly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈfrɛʃli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfrɛʃli/ ## Meanings 1. recently or newly; in a fresh manner ## Examples - The bread was freshly baked that morning. ## Synonyms - newly - recently - lately - just - anew ## Antonyms - stalely ## Related Forms - fresh - freshen - freshness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fersc - Root: *friskaz ## Etymology From fresh (from Old English fersc, 'unsalted, pure') + the adverbial suffix -ly. ## AI Etymology Freshly is from fresh (from Old English fersc, 'unsalted, pure') + the adverbial suffix -ly. Important recorded forms include fersc (Old English) and *friskaz (Proto-Germanic). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers recently or newly; in a fresh manner. The wider family includes related words such as fresh, freshen, and freshness. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown