With reference to the time of day. In the first part of the morning.

Early, at an early hour; = ere, adv.1 1(a). Obsolete.

Used as positive: (a) in Old English (late West Saxon): early, at an early hour; (b) since 15th cent. only Scottish (forms air, ear): early, soon…

In the morning or mornings; every morning; = amorrow, adv. 1.

In the morning or mornings; every morning. Obsolete.

Early in the morning or day. In modern use chiefly poetic and English regional (southern).

spec. At an early hour, early in the day.

In the morning. In Middle English occasionally †the morning. Now only in phrases, as morning and evening, etc. morning, noon, and night: all day…

In prepositional phrases with the plural, as of (also in, on) mornings, of a mornings. Cf. a-mornings, adv., mornings, adv. Obsolete.

In the morning.

In the morning; every morning.

spec. At an early hour, early in the morning.

In the morning; every morning.

in the morning: during the morning of the following day; tomorrow morning.

Before midday; applied to the hours between midnight and the following noon. Usually abbreviated a.m., a.m., or am.

Scottish and Irish English (northern). = early, adv. 1. Cf. timeously, adv. Obsolete.

Early. Also as adj.

of a morning: in the morning, during a morning; esp. habitually in the morning, every morning. Also (now rare) in a morning.

Early.

Chiefly Scottish. At an early point in the morning, day, season, etc. Now only as merged into sense 2.

In the morn or morning; every morning. Cf. morningly, adv.

Before noon; = ante meridiem, adv.

Early; = rare, adv.2

Before midday; in the morning; = ante meridiem, adv. Now somewhat archaic.

Originally U.S. bright and early: very early in the morning (often with the implication that a person engaging in early morning activity is or…

in the morning.

every morning.

With preceding numeral: ante meridiem, a.m.; in the morning.