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earlyadjective relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time periodearly birds of the Jurassic period ancient, primal, primeval, primitive, primordial budding, embryonic, germinal, infantaged, age-old, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, dateless, hoary, old, prehistoric(also prehistorical)obsolete, outmoded, out-of-date, passé late advanced, complex, developed, evolved, high, higherfull-blown, full-fledged, full-scale occurring before the usual or expected timewe had an early dinner so as not to miss the concert inopportune, precocious, premature, unseasonable, untimely unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-forabrupt, sudden late behindhand, belated, delinquent, latish, overdue, slow, tardyanticipated, expecteddelayed, detained, postponed before the usual or expected timethat year spring arrived early beforehand, inopportunely, precociously, prematurely, unseasonably immediately, instantly, presently, promptly, pronto, punctuallyapropos, betimes, seasonably belatedly, late, tardily before the 12th century |