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Synonyms for recently
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
in the recent past
He was in Paris recently.
The true synonym
lately
Same sentence, swapped: He was in Paris lately.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for recently as it is used in the sentence above.
- earlier
- previously
- yesterday
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