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newfound | newly |

As an adjective newfound

is recently found; newly discovered.

As an adverb newly is

in a new manner.

newfound

English

Alternative forms

*new-found (especially UK )

Adjective

(-)
  • Recently found; newly discovered.
  • *2004 ,The New Yorker , 18 Oct 2004,
    • Kerry spoke with confidence and a newfound crispness.

    Derived terms

    *Newfoundland

    newly

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In a new manner.
  • * , title=The Mirror and the Lamp
    • , chapter=3 citation , passage=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.”}}