[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recently \re"cently\ r=e"sently^, adv.
   newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently
   received.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

recently
     adv 1: in the recent past; "he was in paris recently"; "lately the
            rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she
            was fine"; "feeling better of late"; "the spelling was
            first affected, but latterly the meaning also" syn: late,
             lately, of late, latterly
     2: very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised
        objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed
        by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh out
        of tomatoes" syn: newly, freshly, fresh, new
see also:
late lately of late latterly newly freshly 
fresh new 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "recently":
   aforetime, afresh, anew, before, before now, beforetime, earlier,
   erenow, erewhile, erst, formerly, heretofore, historically,
   hitherto, in the past, in times past, just now, lately, latterly,
   new, newly, not long ago, now, of late, only yesterday,
   prehistorically, previously, priorly, right now, the other day,
   then, whilom, yesterday

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