alreadyadj.adv.

Brit.

/ɔːlˈrɛdi/, U.S.

/ˌɔlˈrɛdi/,

/ˌɑlˈrɛdi/

Forms: Middle English alle redi, Middle English alle redie, Middle English alleredy, Middle English alle redy, Middle English all rædiȝ, Middle English all readye, Middle English all redi, Middle English all redie, Middle English all redye, Middle English al rady, Middle English al rædi, Middle English al readi, Middle English al-redi, Middle English al redi, Middle English al redie, Middle English al redy, Middle English–1500s all redy, Middle English–1500s alredi, Middle English–1600s allredy, Middle English–1600s alredy, 1500s allredie, 1500s alreadi, 1500s alredye, 1500s alreedie, 1500s–1600s allreadie, 1500s–1600s allready, 1500s–1600s allreadye, 1500s–1600s allredye, 1500s–1600s alreaddy, 1500s–1600s alreadie, 1500s–1600s alreadye, 1500s–1600s alreddy, 1500s–1600s alredie, 1500s– already, 1600s alrady, 1600s alraedy, 1800s– a'ready (regional), 1800s– awready (regional), 1900s– a-ready (U.S. regional), 1900s– aredi (Caribbean); Scottish pre-1700 allraddie, pre-1700 allradie, pre-1700 all radie, pre-1700 all rady, pre-1700 allreaddie, pre-1700 allreaddy, pre-1700 all readie, pre-1700 all ready, pre-1700 allreadye, pre-1700 allreddie, pre-1700 all reddie, pre-1700 allreddy, pre-1700 all reddy, pre-1700 allredie, pre-1700 all redie, pre-1700 allredy, pre-1700 all redy, pre-1700 alraddy, pre-1700 alradeye, pre-1700 alradie, pre-1700 alrady, pre-1700 alreaddie, pre-1700 alreaddy, pre-1700 alreadye, pre-1700 alreddie, pre-1700 alreddy, pre-1700 al reddy, pre-1700 alreddye, pre-1700 alredie, pre-1700 alredy, pre-1700 1700s allreadie, pre-1700 1700s allready, pre-1700 1700s alreadie, pre-1700 1700s– already, 1800s alraidy, 1800s aready, 1900s– aaready, 1900s– alreidy, 1900s– alriddy.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., ready adj.

Etymology: < all adv. + ready adj.In sense B. 2 after use of South African Dutch and Afrikaans al already, yet (see all adv.) as a particle marking or reinforcing the completed action of a verb. In sense B. 3, in Jewish usage after Yiddish shoyn ( < Middle High German schōn (German schon ), originally use as adverb of schōn beautiful: see sheen adj.); in enough, already! after Yiddish genug, shoyn! In Pennsylvania German usage, after Pennsylvania German schun, variant of German schon already (see above).

†A. adj.

As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready

i-radc888

yarec888

i-redec1000

i-redya1175

boundc1175

graith?c1225

aready1250

alreadyc1275

readyc1275

armedc1300

prestc1300

bentc1330

ripec1330

purveyed1435

mature?1440

apt1474

habile1485

in (a) case to (also for)1523

provided1533

in procinct1540

weeping-ripe1548

furnished1553

fit1569

preta1600

expedite1604

predy1613

procinct1618

foreprepared1642

presto1644

apparated1663

(ready) in one's gears1664

fallow1850

standby1893

organized1926

(to be) all set1949

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4315 Iulius wes al rædi [c1300 Otho al readi] alse he to wolde ræsen, & Cassibellaune þe king nuste her-of na-þing.

a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 60 (MED) An asse..þat yteyd was þere, Þat to pouere men..al redy hit were.

c1410 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) l. 1025 Al redy [c1405 Hengwrt and redy] was his answer.

a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 18 Þat stone casteres and slyngeres mowe fynde defense alredy.

?1542 R. Taverner On Saynt Andrewes Day Gospels f. xvij^v The self same mansions which Christ prepared before in predestinating, he prepareth now in working. In predestination therfore they be alredy.

1555 Hawes' Pastime of Pleasure (new ed.) xxix. sig. R.ii^v And founde the basket, at the grounde already.

B. adv.

1. Before the time in question or the expected or likely time, beforehand; by now; as early or as soon as this.Sometimes with the implication of preparedness or readiness (cf. sense A.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb]

erea900

beforeeOE

forec1000

toforec1175

therebeforec1200

toforehand1258

forne toc1275

orc1275

andersitha1300

alreadyc1300

rather?1316

beforehandc1330

erstc1330

aforec1350

theretoforea1375

aforehanda1387

forthwitha1400

forwitha1400

or?a1400

ereward14..

toforetimec1400

aforetimes1429

aforetime1433

afore seasons1463

heretoforetime1481

forouth1487

aforrow?a1513

beforrow1568

paravant1590

antecedently1593

formerly1596

precedently1611

preveniently1633

preallably1652

previously1655

precedaneously1657

somewhiles1657

antecedaneously1661

aft1674

prior1675

anteriorly1681

antecedent1690

previous1712

priorly1742

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > in advance or beforehand

yeteOE

forea1225

beforehand?c1225

alreadyc1300

forrow1489

aforehanda1500

sincea1556

tofore1597

forwarda1604

preventively1646

anticipatelya1677

ahead1835

anticipatively1864

anticipatorily1878

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > already

alreadyc1300

readya1400

c1300 St. Faith (Laud) l. 47 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 83 (MED) For deuelene a-strangleden him a-non, for al redie þare huy were.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1117 Wanne þay come to þe castel ȝate..þe porter alredi was þer-ate.

c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §11. 22 The howres of the clokke ben departid by 15 degrees al-redy.

a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. i. f. v^v/2 Thou arte alle redy a deuyll like to vs.

1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxvi. f. 57^v Any more quietnes, than I haue all redy.

1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 21 A populous countrie Alreadie furnished with inhabitants.

1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. i. 10 It hath beene already of olde time.

1623 J. Heming & H. Condell in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. To Rdr. sig. A3 These Playes haue had their triall alreadie.

1680 Don Tomazo 9 Jemmy, already possess'd with one Devil, was seiz'd with another Devil of an Ague.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 140. ⁋2 I have lost so much time already.

1772 D. Hume Let. 3 Mar. (1932) II. 261 If that Sheet be already printed,..I am as well pleas'd that this Instance of Spleen and Indignation should remain.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 594 The three Scotch regiments were already in England.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §25. 177 The sunbeams had already fallen upon the mountain.

1914 A. Quiller-Couch News from Duchy ii. 332 What sensible man should..fret a day upon what is already settled beyond revoke?

1920 J. V. Hughes Chinese Heart-throbs vii. 134 That she was the daughter of the first Christian and that she already knew how to read were the main facts concerning her.

1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xlvi. 352 The hi-fi set and typewriter have already been stolen.

2000 Big Issue 20 Mar. 33/3 Christine is also pregnant, and is becoming bored with Simon already.

2. South African. Used redundantly, esp. after a word or phrase, for emphasis, or in order to indicate the completed action of a verb.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > outstandingly > used in final position meaning 'by that time'

already1891

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > already > by that time

already1891

1891 Cape Illustr. Mag. 1 95 ‘Already’ is used much oftener than Englishmen would use it, and frequently tacked on to a sentence needlessly; for instance, an Englishman would say ‘I have done it;’ an Africander, ‘I have done it already.’

1920 R. Y. Stormberg Mrs. Pieter de Bruyn 47 If I were a man and your ma was fifty-five already I should still be mad for her.

a1931 S. Black Van Kalabas does Bit ii, in S. Gray Three Plays (1984) 207 ‘Have you been in London long?’... ‘Amper three months already.’

1959 J. Meiring Candle in Wind 8 The old Baas had told her to pay for the sugar and coffee she had bought three weeks ago already!

1975 ‘Blossom’ in Darling (Durban) 12 Feb. 119 ‘Smooching, hell,’ he grins. ‘This is the “Back to Nature” road we on already so soon?’

1989 J. Hobbs Thoughts in Makeshift Mortuary 274 ‘We're just checking all the houses on this street for illegals.’ ‘You won't find any in my khaya... I sacked my girl for drinking last year already.’

3. Originally and chiefly U.S. Esp. in Jewish usage: used as an intensifier after a word or phrase, esp. to express impatience, exasperation, etc. Frequently in enough, already!

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > outstandingly > used in final position meaning 'now'

already1903

1903 McClure's Mag. Dec. 219/1 I tole the conductor I wanted off right away at the corner already.

1943 M. Shulman Barefoot Boy (1944) 21 ‘Yes, young man, this story has helped a great many people, and I hope it will help you.’ ‘So tell it already,’ I said.

1958 Amer. Speech 33 232 Contrast..‘He has lost his respect for her already,’ cited from Pennsylvania-German American speech..with ‘Finish up, already!’ from Jewish American speech.

1962 Amer. Speech 37 204 Other syntactical idiosyncrasies have been moving beyond their usual circuit—from the shoyn-inspired already, as in, ‘Enough, already!’.., which has been heard on the old Paul Winchell television show among others, to [etc.].

1964 D. Greenburg How to be Jewish Mother (1966) 27 Give me the watermelon already.

1975 New Yorker 11 Aug. 29/1 ‘And Mrs. Orfinger?’ ‘Dead, Ma. Last year already.’

1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 108/1 Enough already with these crazy kids and their wacky dances, he seems to be harrumphing.

2002 A. Davies Frog King 21 She at last put her number on a stickie and wrote under it, ‘Okay okay okay already.’

4. colloquial and regional (chiefly Caribbean and Hawaiian). In interrogative or conditional constructions: by this (or that) time; yet (yet adv. 7b). Also used for emphasis.

ΚΠ

1926 Cosmopolitan July 45/1 But the explosion, has it gone off already?

1934 Amer. Speech 9 123/2 You been eat lunch already?

1956 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 8/2 Dem sel aredi?

1972 E. B. Carr Da Kine Talk 121 I called you up but you weren't there already.

1990 M. Collins Walk in S. Brown & J. Wickham Oxf. Bk. Caribbean Short Stories (1999) 367 Cousin Kamay have the little pig mindin... I want you to pass and see if it drop already.

2009 M. Nelson Shackels & Webs 66 A redi yuh redi aredi?

Compounds

Combining with adjectives and participles to form adjectives.

ΚΠ

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. iv. f. 147 All the places wherin the forgeuenesse of sinnes is affirmed, do not belong to yonglinges, but to the already regenerate children of God.

1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 16^v To recount to your alreadie-wearied hearing, would but lengthen my too-ill musicke.

1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France i. 34 They insinuated how the third Article of the already-thrown-out Writing touching each parties assisting their Confederates might be regulated.

1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. 80 This [prospect of profit] makes him see every Thing afterward with an already-biass'd Judgment.

1799 J. West Tale of Times III. xxxvi. 122 He hailed the arrival of an antagonist at Monteith, whose speedy defeat would add to the already-exalted reputation which his scientific abilities had acquired.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 28/2 The first dim rudiments and already-budding germs of a nobler Era.

1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. x. §88 294 Already-fractured portions of the Earth's crust.

1923 H. G. Baynes tr. C. G. Jung Psychol. Types xi. 524 Apperception is a psychic process by which a new content is articulated to similar already-existing contents in such a way as to be understood, apprehended, or clear.

1972 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 165/1 There are a great many mimetic forms that resemble protected beetles (such as the already-mentioned lycids).

2006 She Caribbean Nov. 80/2 With holiday shopping and socialising added to your already-busy schedule, you may be tempted to skimp on shut-eye this time of year.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	already
释义	alreadyadj.adv. Brit. /ɔːlˈrɛdi/, U.S. /ˌɔlˈrɛdi/, /ˌɑlˈrɛdi/ Forms: Middle English alle redi, Middle English alle redie, Middle English alleredy, Middle English alle redy, Middle English all rædiȝ, Middle English all readye, Middle English all redi, Middle English all redie, Middle English all redye, Middle English al rady, Middle English al rædi, Middle English al readi, Middle English al-redi, Middle English al redi, Middle English al redie, Middle English al redy, Middle English–1500s all redy, Middle English–1500s alredi, Middle English–1600s allredy, Middle English–1600s alredy, 1500s allredie, 1500s alreadi, 1500s alredye, 1500s alreedie, 1500s–1600s allreadie, 1500s–1600s allready, 1500s–1600s allreadye, 1500s–1600s allredye, 1500s–1600s alreaddy, 1500s–1600s alreadie, 1500s–1600s alreadye, 1500s–1600s alreddy, 1500s–1600s alredie, 1500s– already, 1600s alrady, 1600s alraedy, 1800s– a'ready (regional), 1800s– awready (regional), 1900s– a-ready (U.S. regional), 1900s– aredi (Caribbean); Scottish pre-1700 allraddie, pre-1700 allradie, pre-1700 all radie, pre-1700 all rady, pre-1700 allreaddie, pre-1700 allreaddy, pre-1700 all readie, pre-1700 all ready, pre-1700 allreadye, pre-1700 allreddie, pre-1700 all reddie, pre-1700 allreddy, pre-1700 all reddy, pre-1700 allredie, pre-1700 all redie, pre-1700 allredy, pre-1700 all redy, pre-1700 alraddy, pre-1700 alradeye, pre-1700 alradie, pre-1700 alrady, pre-1700 alreaddie, pre-1700 alreaddy, pre-1700 alreadye, pre-1700 alreddie, pre-1700 alreddy, pre-1700 al reddy, pre-1700 alreddye, pre-1700 alredie, pre-1700 alredy, pre-1700 1700s allreadie, pre-1700 1700s allready, pre-1700 1700s alreadie, pre-1700 1700s– already, 1800s alraidy, 1800s aready, 1900s– aaready, 1900s– alreidy, 1900s– alriddy. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adv., ready adj. Etymology: < all adv. + ready adj.In sense B. 2 after use of South African Dutch and Afrikaans al already, yet (see all adv.) as a particle marking or reinforcing the completed action of a verb. In sense B. 3, in Jewish usage after Yiddish shoyn ( < Middle High German schōn (German schon ), originally use as adverb of schōn beautiful: see sheen adj.); in enough, already! after Yiddish genug, shoyn! In Pennsylvania German usage, after Pennsylvania German schun, variant of German schon already (see above). †A. adj. As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > prepared or ready i-radc888 yarec888 i-redec1000 i-redya1175 boundc1175 graith?c1225 aready1250 alreadyc1275 readyc1275 armedc1300 prestc1300 bentc1330 ripec1330 purveyed1435 mature?1440 apt1474 habile1485 in (a) case to (also for)1523 provided1533 in procinct1540 weeping-ripe1548 furnished1553 fit1569 preta1600 expedite1604 predy1613 procinct1618 foreprepared1642 presto1644 apparated1663 (ready) in one's gears1664 fallow1850 standby1893 organized1926 (to be) all set1949 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 4315 Iulius wes al rædi [c1300 Otho al readi] alse he to wolde ræsen, & Cassibellaune þe king nuste her-of na-þing. a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 60 (MED) An asse..þat yteyd was þere, Þat to pouere men..al redy hit were. c1410 (c1395) G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Tale (Harl. 7334) (1885) l. 1025 Al redy [c1405 Hengwrt and redy] was his answer. a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 18 Þat stone casteres and slyngeres mowe fynde defense alredy. ?1542 R. Taverner On Saynt Andrewes Day Gospels f. xvij^v The self same mansions which Christ prepared before in predestinating, he prepareth now in working. In predestination therfore they be alredy. 1555 Hawes' Pastime of Pleasure (new ed.) xxix. sig. R.ii^v And founde the basket, at the grounde already. B. adv. 1. Before the time in question or the expected or likely time, beforehand; by now; as early or as soon as this.Sometimes with the implication of preparedness or readiness (cf. sense A.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] erea900 beforeeOE forec1000 toforec1175 therebeforec1200 toforehand1258 forne toc1275 orc1275 andersitha1300 alreadyc1300 rather?1316 beforehandc1330 erstc1330 aforec1350 theretoforea1375 aforehanda1387 forthwitha1400 forwitha1400 or?a1400 ereward14.. toforetimec1400 aforetimes1429 aforetime1433 afore seasons1463 heretoforetime1481 forouth1487 aforrow?a1513 beforrow1568 paravant1590 antecedently1593 formerly1596 precedently1611 preveniently1633 preallably1652 previously1655 precedaneously1657 somewhiles1657 antecedaneously1661 aft1674 prior1675 anteriorly1681 antecedent1690 previous1712 priorly1742 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > in advance or beforehand yeteOE forea1225 beforehand?c1225 alreadyc1300 forrow1489 aforehanda1500 sincea1556 tofore1597 forwarda1604 preventively1646 anticipatelya1677 ahead1835 anticipatively1864 anticipatorily1878 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > already alreadyc1300 readya1400 c1300 St. Faith (Laud) l. 47 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 83 (MED) For deuelene a-strangleden him a-non, for al redie þare huy were. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1117 Wanne þay come to þe castel ȝate..þe porter alredi was þer-ate. c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) ii. §11. 22 The howres of the clokke ben departid by 15 degrees al-redy. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. i. f. v^v/2 Thou arte alle redy a deuyll like to vs. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xxvi. f. 57^v Any more quietnes, than I haue all redy. 1584 H. Llwyd & D. Powel Hist. Cambria 21 A populous countrie Alreadie furnished with inhabitants. 1611 Bible (King James) Ecclus. i. 10 It hath beene already of olde time. View more context for this quotation 1623 J. Heming & H. Condell in W. Shakespeare Comedies, Hist. & Trag. To Rdr. sig. A3 These Playes haue had their triall alreadie. 1680 Don Tomazo 9 Jemmy, already possess'd with one Devil, was seiz'd with another Devil of an Ague. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 140. ⁋2 I have lost so much time already. 1772 D. Hume Let. 3 Mar. (1932) II. 261 If that Sheet be already printed,..I am as well pleas'd that this Instance of Spleen and Indignation should remain. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 594 The three Scotch regiments were already in England. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §25. 177 The sunbeams had already fallen upon the mountain. 1914 A. Quiller-Couch News from Duchy ii. 332 What sensible man should..fret a day upon what is already settled beyond revoke? 1920 J. V. Hughes Chinese Heart-throbs vii. 134 That she was the daughter of the first Christian and that she already knew how to read were the main facts concerning her. 1962 E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xlvi. 352 The hi-fi set and typewriter have already been stolen. 2000 Big Issue 20 Mar. 33/3 Christine is also pregnant, and is becoming bored with Simon already. 2. South African. Used redundantly, esp. after a word or phrase, for emphasis, or in order to indicate the completed action of a verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > outstandingly > used in final position meaning 'by that time' already1891 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > already > by that time already1891 1891 Cape Illustr. Mag. 1 95 ‘Already’ is used much oftener than Englishmen would use it, and frequently tacked on to a sentence needlessly; for instance, an Englishman would say ‘I have done it;’ an Africander, ‘I have done it already.’ 1920 R. Y. Stormberg Mrs. Pieter de Bruyn 47 If I were a man and your ma was fifty-five already I should still be mad for her. a1931 S. Black Van Kalabas does Bit ii, in S. Gray Three Plays (1984) 207 ‘Have you been in London long?’... ‘Amper three months already.’ 1959 J. Meiring Candle in Wind 8 The old Baas had told her to pay for the sugar and coffee she had bought three weeks ago already! 1975 ‘Blossom’ in Darling (Durban) 12 Feb. 119 ‘Smooching, hell,’ he grins. ‘This is the “Back to Nature” road we on already so soon?’ 1989 J. Hobbs Thoughts in Makeshift Mortuary 274 ‘We're just checking all the houses on this street for illegals.’ ‘You won't find any in my khaya... I sacked my girl for drinking last year already.’ 3. Originally and chiefly U.S. Esp. in Jewish usage: used as an intensifier after a word or phrase, esp. to express impatience, exasperation, etc. Frequently in enough, already! ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > outstandingly > used in final position meaning 'now' already1903 1903 McClure's Mag. Dec. 219/1 I tole the conductor I wanted off right away at the corner already. 1943 M. Shulman Barefoot Boy (1944) 21 ‘Yes, young man, this story has helped a great many people, and I hope it will help you.’ ‘So tell it already,’ I said. 1958 Amer. Speech 33 232 Contrast..‘He has lost his respect for her already,’ cited from Pennsylvania-German American speech..with ‘Finish up, already!’ from Jewish American speech. 1962 Amer. Speech 37 204 Other syntactical idiosyncrasies have been moving beyond their usual circuit—from the shoyn-inspired already, as in, ‘Enough, already!’.., which has been heard on the old Paul Winchell television show among others, to [etc.]. 1964 D. Greenburg How to be Jewish Mother (1966) 27 Give me the watermelon already. 1975 New Yorker 11 Aug. 29/1 ‘And Mrs. Orfinger?’ ‘Dead, Ma. Last year already.’ 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Mar. 108/1 Enough already with these crazy kids and their wacky dances, he seems to be harrumphing. 2002 A. Davies Frog King 21 She at last put her number on a stickie and wrote under it, ‘Okay okay okay already.’ 4. colloquial and regional (chiefly Caribbean and Hawaiian). In interrogative or conditional constructions: by this (or that) time; yet (yet adv. 7b). Also used for emphasis. ΚΠ 1926 Cosmopolitan July 45/1 But the explosion, has it gone off already? 1934 Amer. Speech 9 123/2 You been eat lunch already? 1956 in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) 8/2 Dem sel aredi? 1972 E. B. Carr Da Kine Talk 121 I called you up but you weren't there already. 1990 M. Collins Walk in S. Brown & J. Wickham Oxf. Bk. Caribbean Short Stories (1999) 367 Cousin Kamay have the little pig mindin... I want you to pass and see if it drop already. 2009 M. Nelson Shackels & Webs 66 A redi yuh redi aredi? Compounds Combining with adjectives and participles to form adjectives. ΚΠ 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. iv. f. 147 All the places wherin the forgeuenesse of sinnes is affirmed, do not belong to yonglinges, but to the already regenerate children of God. 1607 G. Markham First Pt. First Bk. Eng. Arcadia f. 16^v To recount to your alreadie-wearied hearing, would but lengthen my too-ill musicke. 1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France i. 34 They insinuated how the third Article of the already-thrown-out Writing touching each parties assisting their Confederates might be regulated. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. 80 This [prospect of profit] makes him see every Thing afterward with an already-biass'd Judgment. 1799 J. West Tale of Times III. xxxvi. 122 He hailed the arrival of an antagonist at Monteith, whose speedy defeat would add to the already-exalted reputation which his scientific abilities had acquired. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. xi. 28/2 The first dim rudiments and already-budding germs of a nobler Era. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. x. §88 294 Already-fractured portions of the Earth's crust. 1923 H. G. Baynes tr. C. G. Jung Psychol. Types xi. 524 Apperception is a psychic process by which a new content is articulated to similar already-existing contents in such a way as to be understood, apprehended, or clear. 1972 L. E. Chadwick tr. W. Linsenmaier Insects of World 165/1 There are a great many mimetic forms that resemble protected beetles (such as the already-mentioned lycids). 2006 She Caribbean Nov. 80/2 With holiday shopping and socialising added to your already-busy schedule, you may be tempted to skimp on shut-eye this time of year. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.adv.c1275
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