Antonyms for already
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : awl-red-ee |
Phonetic Transcription : ɔlˈrɛd i |
Definition of already
Origin :- c.1300, compound of all + ready (adj.); literally "fully ready." Cf. Norwegian, Danish allerede "already." Colloquial use in U.S. as a terminal emphatic (e.g. enough, already!) is attested from 1903, translating Yiddish shoyn, which is used in same sense. The pattern also is attested in Pennsylvania German and in South African.
- adv before expected time
- Perhaps you already know that Anaxagoras fell asleep in Ionia.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I have another favour to ask, in addition to the many claims you already have upon me.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- But Uncle Peter had already put in some hard winters, and was not wanting in fortitude.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Anyway, he said, Jim had already sure-enough drowned as fur as there was any fun in it.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Miss Bines and young Milbrey were already on excellent terms.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But the incendiary had taken care to do his work so well that it was already impossible.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- He was already a mile distant from the vessel when Captain Haley came on deck.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- When they first set foot in Egypt that country was already terribly old.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Already the inward monitor was whispering to her, "Arise, flee for your life!"
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- A telephone message had already told him of the death of Bill Dozier.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
Synonyms for already
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