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early(1)(dictionary)
early(2)(dictionary)
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early(2) (iou)



early adverb. OE.
[from ERE + -LY2, after Old Norse arliga.]
Near the beginning of a period of time, esp. of the morning, the day, the year, a lifetime. OE.
early and late at all hours, incessantly.
J. Morley Voltaire perceived very early in life that to be needy was to be dependent. S. Leacock We got out early, just after sunrise. K. Amis One clear, bright morning early in April.
Far back in date, anciently. ME.
Ld Macaulay As early as the reign of Elizabeth.
At a time before something else; in good time; before the usual time, prematurely; in compar., beforehand, previously. ME.
early on at an early stage.
W. Wotton This Abuse was early redrest. G. Greene Winter had fallen early on the House of Stare. J. Mitchell Her husband had died two years earlier.
Near the beginning of a sequence. L19.
Oxford English Dictionary His name appears very early in the list.