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earliness
earliness
n : quality of coming early or earlier in time [ant: {lateness}]


warlike
warlike
adj 1: inclined to make war [syn: {unpacific}]
2: suggesting war or military life [syn: {martial}]


alike
alike
adv 1: equally; "parents and teachers alike demanded reforms" [syn:
{likewise}]
2: in a like manner; "they walk alike"

alike
adj : having the same or similar characteristics; "all politicians
are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are
generaly alike in background and taste" [syn: {alike(p)},
{similar}, {like}] [ant: {unalike}]


armlike
armlike
adj : resembling an arm


earlier
earlier
adj : (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" [syn: {earliest}]
adv 1: earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I
said before"; "he called me the day before but your
call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died
four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem
earlier" [syn: {before}]
2: comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if
you can"; "came earlier than I expected" [syn: {sooner}]
3: before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
[syn: {in the first place}, {in the beginning}, {to begin
with}, {originally}]

early
adj 1: 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" [ant: {middle}, {late}]
2: being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an
early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an
early computer" [ant: {late}]
3: of the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe";
"former generations"; "in other times" [syn: {early(a)}, {former(a)},
{other(a)}]
4: very young; "at an early age"
5: 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" [ant: {middle}, {late}]
6: expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the
negotiations"
[also: {earliest}, {earlier}]

early
adv 1: during an early stage; "early on in her career" [syn: {early
on}]
2: before the usual time or the time expected; "she ...

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