naguère

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French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the French expression (il) n’(y) a guère (de temps) ("not long ago"), composed of il y a (“ago”) + ne... guère (“hardly”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

naguère

  1. (obsolete) recently, not long ago
  2. (literary) long ago, formerly
    Synonyms: autrefois, jadis, (archaic, Normandy) orains

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