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Early

/ˈɜːli/

Happening or done before the usual or expected time.

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It is so early.

They were leaving for the Coast earlier now, January second.

'You are certain that is the earliest?' he asked.

Originating from Old English ǣrlic, from ǣr meaning soon or before, combined with the suffix -lic, which means like.

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