Finally vs Recently - What's the difference?
finally | recently |
At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
(sequence) To finish (with); lastly.
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(manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
In the recent past; newly; lately; freshly; not long since.
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As adverbs the difference between finally and recently
is that finally is at the end or conclusion; ultimately while recently is in the recent past; newly; lately; freshly; not long since.finally
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Adverb
(-)Synonyms
* at length * at last * endlyAntonyms
* (ultimately) initiallyrecently
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}
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Japan pockets the subsidy …, passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}