Synonyms for earliest
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ur-lee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜr li |
Définition of earliest
Origin :- Old English ærlic "early," from ær "soon, ere" (see ere) + -lice, adverbial suffix (see -ly (2)). Cf. Old Norse arliga "early." The early bird of the proverb is from 1670s. Related: Earlier; earliest.
- adj first
- The earliest inhabitants of the world did not know what it was.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- They were Europeans, and their earliest home had been in the Isle of Crete.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Was it not thus he had been from earliest childhood taught to look at them?
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Why, from my earliest years I had been accustomed to think of myself as plain, and had not cared.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- From earliest childhood I saw a good deal of them, and I know what I say.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- The earliest mention we have of Satanic influence is at the fall.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- It is, indeed, only in maturity that we know how lovely were our earliest years!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- She and his father had been at variance from his earliest remembrance.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He was one of Massachusetts' earliest militia-men, and had a leg shot off at Lexington.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- I beg to be informed at your earliest convenience, what advances you have made my son.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
Antonyms for earliest
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