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earlieradverb so as to precede something in order of timehe had arrived earlier to take care of some preliminary matters afore(chiefly dialect), ahead, already, antecedently, anteriorly, before, beforehand, formerly, preliminarily, previously a priori, early, prematurelyfirst, first off, nowbefore long, erelong(archaic), presently, shortly, soon in advance after, afterward(or afterwards), later behind, by and by, next, subsequently |