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freshly

UK/ˈfɹɛʃli/ US/ˈfrɛʃli/ fairly common

adverb

1.

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”
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2.

in an impudent or impertinent manner

  • “a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently”
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Origin

From Middle English freschely, freschliche (also as ferscheli, fersly, ferselich), equivalent to fresh + -ly.

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