EARLIEST

earlier, earliest

(adjective) (comparative and superlative of ‘early’) more early than; most early; “a fashion popular in earlier times”; “his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher”; “Verdi’s earliest and most raucous opera”

soonest, earliest

(adverb) with the least delay; “the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M.”

EARLY

early

(adjective) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; “early morning”; “an early warning”; “early diagnosis”; “an early death”; “took early retirement”; “an early spring”; “early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties”

early

(adjective) being or occurring at an early stage of development; “in an early stage”; “early forms of life”; “early man”; “an early computer”

early

(adjective) of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; “the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C.”; “Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700”

early

(adjective) very young; “at an early age”

early

(adjective) expected in the near future; “look for an early end to the negotiations”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

earliest

superlative form of early: most early

Adverb

earliest

superlative form of early: most early

Anagrams

• Aleister, ateliers, e-tailers, etailers, laterise, leariest, realties

Source: Wiktionary

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EARLY

Ear"ly, adv. Etym: [OE. erli, erliche, AS. ; sooner + lic like. See Ere, and Like.]

Definition: Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early. Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17. You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.

Ear"ly, a. [Compar. Earlier; superl. Earliest.] Etym: [OE. earlich. Early, adv.]

1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to Ant: late; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit. Early and provident fear is the mother of safety. Burke. The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass springing up about them. Hawthorne.

2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the first of successive acts, events, etc. Seen in life's early morning sky. Keble. The forms of its earlier manhood. Longfellow. The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth summer. J. C. Shairp. Early English (Philol.) See the Note under English.

– Early English architecture, the first of the pointed or Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Syn.

– Forward; timely; not late; seasonable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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