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already

[awl-red-ee] / ɔlˈrɛd i /
ADVERB
before expected time
Synonyms
STRONGEST
before earlier once previously then
WEAK
as of now at present before now but now by now by that time by the time mentioned by then by this time even now formerly heretofore in the past just now now up to now
Antonyms
STRONGEST
later

Example Sentences

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And aren't those guns illegal in Mexico , ALREADY?

From Newsweek • May 18, 2010

ALREADY, from the two preceding chapters, it will have been perceived that the condition of the Gitanos in Spain has been subjected of late to considerable modification.

From The Zincali: an account of the gypsies of Spain by Borrow, George Henry