currently
[
kur
-
uh
nt-lee,
kuhr
-]
/ˈkɜr ənt li, ˈkʌr-/
adverb
1.
at the presenttime; now:
She is currently working as a lab technician.
Origin
1570-80;
current
+
-ly
Can be confused
currently,
immediately
,
momentarily
,
now
,
presently
,
soon
(see synonym study at
immediately
; see usage note at
presently
)
Examples from the web for
currently
We are
currently
updating the site and should be back within a few hours.
He is
currently
working on a book about the world's largest unsolved art heist.
Submissions will open shortly as the site is
currently
under construction.
She
currently
covers the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
About half the students
currently
enrolled in higher education are at community colleges.
Comments are
currently
closed and new comments are no longer being accepted.
Although the chemical known as deet
currently
dominates the mosquito-repellent market, nature is full of bug-banishing strategies.
Workers will remove the marble panels that
currently
block the view to the museum's third floor.
Not many countries in the world are
currently
immersed in significantly reforming their higher education systems.
Fortunately, the paranoia
currently
festering is not yet sufficiently widespread to repeat our earlier mistake.
Word Origin and History for
currently
adv.
"at the present time," 1570s, from
current
(adj.) +
-ly
(2).