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earliness|ˈɜːlɪnɪs|
[f. early a. + -ness.]
The state or condition of being early; formerly also, promptitude, zeal.
a1626Donne Serm. 245 There is a youth in our age and an earlinesse acceptable to God in every action. 1640Bp. Hall Episc. i. xii. 52 Our owne Authours are..alledged for the earlinesse of this Apostasie. 1682Addr. fr. Worcester in Lond. Gaz. No. 1707/5 Our former Earliness and Stability in Duty, had given us the Character of the Loyal City of Worcester. 1820Scott Monast. xx, That we may strive to-morrow, with the sun's earliness, to wake a stag from his lair. 1866Mrs. Gaskell Wives & Dau. I. 328 No one objected to the earliness of his call. |