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newly-formed

newly-formed adjective: of recent origin.

Adjective

newly-formed (comparative more newly-formed, superlative most newly-formed)

  1. Of recent origin.
    • In some, probably in most, contact-areas a good deal of white mica is newly-formed.1894, Maynard Hutchings, “Notes on the Composition of Clays, Slates, etc.”, in The Geological Magazine, 31: 72
    • In older cases, it may be distinctly sclerosed, with much hyaline connective tissue, and many newly-formed but degenerate elastic fibres.1906, John M. Cowan, “The Current Theories Regarding the Causation of Arterio-Sclerosis”, in The Practitioner, 76: 323

Forms of newly-formed

comparativemore newly-formed
superlativemost newly-formed

Questions about newly-formed

What does newly-formed mean?
Newly-formed means of recent origin.
What part of speech is newly-formed?
Newly-formed is an adjective.

Words near newly-formed in the dictionary

  1. Newlun
  2. Newluns
  3. newly
  4. newly wed
  5. newly weds
  6. newly-formed
  7. newly-wed
  8. newly-weds
  9. Newlyn
  10. Newlyn North
  11. Newlyns

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