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NEWLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does newly mean? 

NEWLY (adverb)
  The adverb NEWLY has 1 sense:

1. very recentlyplay

  Familiarity information: NEWLY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEWLY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Very recently

Synonyms:

fresh; freshly; new; newly

Context example:

we are fresh out of tomatoes


 Context examples 


The subsequent activation of newly synthesized RhoA transforms these clusters into Focal Adhesion Complexes and the formation of contractile actin-myosin stress fibers.

(Calpain-1 Cell Spread Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Then he placed his newly acquired bust in the centre of the cloth.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Certainly, sir,” said Baker, who had risen and tucked his newly gained property under his arm.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Invariant chain (Ii) associates with newly synthesized class II molecules in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), an interaction that has been shown to interfere with peptide binding to class II molecules.

(Antigen Presentation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Analyses suggested that many of the newly identified loci may play a role within cells lining blood vessels in controlling blood pressure.

(The genetics of blood pressure, NIH)

The newly identified 57 variants of the DLC1 gene were clearly associated with the fluctuation in oxygen levels during sleep.

(Researchers identify genetic variations linked to oxygen drops during sleep, National Institutes of Health)

The newly identified Zika variation could help explain the virus’s ability to attack nerve cells.

(Zika virus structure revealed, NIH)

The vast disk is nearly 2 trillion miles wide, and may have formed from an unseen companion star that snacked on the outer envelope of the newly formed Wolf-Rayet.

(Hubble Observes One-of-a-Kind Star Nicknamed 'Nasty', NASA)

A study describes a newly identified red dwarf star, AWI0005x3s, and its warm circumstellar disk, the kind associated with young planetary systems.

(A Potential New Hunting Ground for Exoplanets, NASA)

It binds to newly formed bone.

(Declomycin, NCI Dictionary)



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