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n. - Quality of coming ahead of schedule or preceding in time

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  • Adverb : early in the year. ,to get up early. ,They came early and found their hosts still dressing. ,The Greeks early learned to sail and navigate
  • Adjective : an early hour of the day. ,an early dinner. ,early French architecture. ,I look forward to an early reply. ,early apples
  • The earliness is another advantage for plaintiffs, he said.
  • It’s earliness is evident in that it isn’t as developed and is actually rather boring.
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