Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 5 letters

newly

Best crossword clue

"Just now"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈn(j)uli/Part of speech adverbSorted elnwyStarts with NEnds with Y1 cluesVery common crossword word
1N2E3W4L5Y

Definitions

  1. Recently or only a short time ago.

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.”

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

01Just now5 letters

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

N____

Related words