freshly Definition

fresh
adj

1. Newly made, gathered, etc.
2. Having just arrived from somewhere, just finished doing something or just had some experience, etc.

Example: fresh from university
3. Other or another; different; clean.

Example: a fresh sheet of paper
4. New; additional.

Example: fresh supplies
5. Original.

Example: a fresh approach
Thesaurus: original, unusual, novel, unconventional, innovative, radical, different, inventive; Antonym: trite, used, imitative, tired.
6. Said of fruit or vegetables: not tinned, frozen, dried, salted or otherwise preserved.

Thesaurus: green, crisp, raw, new; recent, current, late, garden-fresh, farm-fresh; Antonym: old, stale, musty.
7. Not tired; bright and alert.
8. Cool; refreshing.

Example: a fresh breeze
9. Said of water: not salty.
10. Said of air: cool and uncontaminated; invigorating.
11. Said of the face or complexion: youthfully healthy; ruddy.
12. Not worn or faded.

Thesaurus: unspoiled, green, well-preserved, virgin, new.
13. colloq
Said of behaviour: offensively informal; cheeky.
Thesaurus: impudent, rude, insolent, disrespectful, impertinent, presumptuous, flip (slang); Antonym: polite.

adverb

1. In a fresh way.

Example: Milk keeps fresh in the fridge

Derivative: freshly
adverb

Derivative: freshness
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon fersc not salt.