adverb
- Very recently.
- usage: "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"
- In an impudent or impertinent manner.
- usage: "a lean, swarthy fellow was peering through the window, grinning impudently"
- synonyms: impertinently, saucily, pertly, impudently
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