earliness

Roget category 132

1. Words expressing abstract relations
› 1.6. Time
›› 1.6.2. Relative time

#132. Earliness

noun

earliness etc. adj. — morning etc. 125.
punctuality — promptitude etc. (activity) 682 — haste etc. (velocity) 274 — suddenness etc. (instantaneity) 113.
prematurity, precocity, precipitation, anticipation — a stitch in time.

verb

be early etc. adj., be beforehand etc. adv. — keep time, take time by the forelock, anticipate, forestall — have the start, gain the start — steal a march upon — gain time, draw on futurity — bespeak, secure, engage, preengage^†.
accelerate — expedite etc. (quicken) 274 — make haste etc. (hurry) 684.

adjective

early, prime, forward — prompt etc. (active) 682 — summary.
premature, precipitate, precocious — prevenient^†, anticipatory — rath^†.
sudden etc. (instantaneous) 113 — unexpected etc. 508 — near, near at hand — immediate.

adverb

early, soon, anon, betimes, rath^† — eft, eftsoons — ere long, before long, shortly — beforehand — prematurely etc. adj. — precipitately etc. (hastily) 684 — too soon — before its time, before one's time — in anticipation — unexpectedly etc. 508.
suddenly etc. (instantaneously) 113 — before one can say 'Jack Robinson'," at short notice, extempore — on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion [Bacon]; at once — on the spot, on the instant — at sight — offhand, out of hand — a' vue d'oeil [Fr.] — straight, straightway, straightforth^† — forthwith, incontinently, summarily, immediately, briefly, shortly, quickly, speedily, apace, before the ink is dry, almost immediately, presently at the first opportunity, in no long time, by and by, in a while, directly.

phrase

no sooner said than done, immediately, if not sooner — tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre [Fr.].

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