"We visited our hometown not long ago." Which adverb can replace 'not long ago'?

The part of a sentence that speaks about the action of the noun is known as the verb. On the other hand, the words that give more information about the verb are known as adverbs. Adverbs can be of several types, depending upon the function they perform. In the given question statement, "not long ago" can be replaced by "recently". Here, the word 'recently' will be termed as an adverb of time as it will tell the time of action.