currently

/ˈkʌɹ.ənt.li/

UK: /ˈkʌɹ.ənt.li/

KɅɹ · ənt · li (3 syllables)

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Definition

At this moment, at present, now.

Etymology

From current + -ly.

Example Sentences

  • "All the beds of the hotel are currently occupied, but we have a free room tomorrow."
  • "I'm currently living with my parents while I find a new job."
  • "He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair."
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