Recently, lately (5)

I believe the answer is:

newly

This clue is a double definition.

'recently' is the first definition.
(synonyms)

'lately' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Another definition for newly that I've seen is " Freshly, very recently".)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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