re・cent・ly /rsntli, -st-/ adv. 近ごろ, このごろ, 最近, 近来 (cf. lately). ・until recently 近ごろまで. ・as recently as a month ago ほんの 1 か月ほど前(に). ・It happened quite recently. つい近ごろのことです. ・I haven't seen him recently. 彼を最近見かけない. ・We have been having a lot of rain recently . 最近は雨が多かった. ★現在完了時制, 過去時制と共に用いられ, 現在時制と共に用いられるのはまれ. 1533