# freshly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈfɹɛʃli/ · frequency rank #12,780

## Definitions
1. Recently, newly.
2. In a rude or impertinent manner.

## Etymology
From Middle English freschely, freschliche (also as ferscheli, fersly, ferselich), equivalent to fresh + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **fresh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fresh-vs-freshly)
- **freely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freely-vs-freshly)
- **fleshy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fleshy-vs-freshly)
- **fresher** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fresher-vs-freshly)
- **freshen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freshen-vs-freshly)

## Common misspellings (12)
`fershly`, `ffreshly`, `frehsly`, `freshhly`, `freshlly`, `freshlyy`, `freshyl`, `freslhy`, `fresshly`, `frreshly`, `frsehly`, `rfeshly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/freshly