earlilyadv.

Brit.

/ˈəːlᵻli/, U.S.

/ˈərləli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: early adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < early adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier early adv.

Now rare.

At an early period or stage. Cf. early adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > early or in good time > at an early stage

betimesc1314

soon1618

earlily1663

early on1759

early doors1979

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus i. 8 The Chancellour presents the Prince as so earlily generous, and so towardly inclined in his first Dawning.

1669 S. Pepys Diary 4 Mar. (1976) IX. 468 And so I parted, with great content that I had so earlily seen him there.

1678 Bp. Wetenhall Office of Preaching 742 That it [sc. preaching] was earlily required of the Presbyters, we have already seen out of the pretended Apostolical constitutions.

1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 46. 302 I thus earlily let go my Fire against the Pretender's Friends.

1796 Mod. Gulliver's Trav. vi. 25 Architecture must have been a science earlily studied by these minimæs of mankind.

1860 Brit. Controversialist 3rd Ser. 5 84 Mentally and morally the Ionians and Dorians earlily acquired supremacy.

a1864 J. Clare Poems of Middle Period (2003) V. 411 I loved thee tho I told thee not Right earlily & long.

1950 W. S. Graham Let. Dec. in Nightfisherman (1999) 127 You mustn't think I'm unhappy about the present thinking of the future. It isn't that. I think I earlily learned that.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earlily
释义	earlilyadv. Brit. /ˈəːlᵻli/, U.S. /ˈərləli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: early adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < early adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier early adv. Now rare. At an early period or stage. Cf. early adv. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > early or in good time > at an early stage betimesc1314 soon1618 earlily1663 early on1759 early doors1979 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus i. 8 The Chancellour presents the Prince as so earlily generous, and so towardly inclined in his first Dawning. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 4 Mar. (1976) IX. 468 And so I parted, with great content that I had so earlily seen him there. 1678 Bp. Wetenhall Office of Preaching 742 That it [sc. preaching] was earlily required of the Presbyters, we have already seen out of the pretended Apostolical constitutions. 1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 46. 302 I thus earlily let go my Fire against the Pretender's Friends. 1796 Mod. Gulliver's Trav. vi. 25 Architecture must have been a science earlily studied by these minimæs of mankind. 1860 Brit. Controversialist 3rd Ser. 5 84 Mentally and morally the Ionians and Dorians earlily acquired supremacy. a1864 J. Clare Poems of Middle Period (2003) V. 411 I loved thee tho I told thee not Right earlily & long. 1950 W. S. Graham Let. Dec. in Nightfisherman (1999) 127 You mustn't think I'm unhappy about the present thinking of the future. It isn't that. I think I earlily learned that. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1663
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