Recently
Recently adverb - Not long ago.
These days and recently are semantically related. In some cases you can use "These days" instead an adverb "Recently".
Nearby Word: recent
These days
Recently and these days are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Recently" instead an adverb phrase "These days".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
Both terms in one sentence
- Due to its close ties with the Supermarket Skit, this trope is practically forgotten these days, though it was recently revived in a public service announcement.
Source: Pitch Mob -
More commonly, these days, is an argument over whether or not to give a particular person a fuckeulogy.Andy has recently taken to indulging his predilection for a Hurricane of Puns on a certain topic.
Source: Podcast / The Bugle - The air force these days is rather small, particularly when compared with the Czech and Polish one, and recently there's been much talk about its modernization (particularly the purchase of new transport planes and the upkeep of the country's MiG 29s).
Cite this Source
These days and Recently. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/recently/these_days
Recently & These days. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/recently/these_days>.
These days or Recently. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/recently/these_days.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "recently" and "these days" have occurred on timeline