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/ˈɜː.li.ɪst/ · adjective
Meaning
- At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.
- Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.
- Near the start or beginning.
- Having begun to occur; in its early stages.
- Of a star or class of stars, hotter than the sun.
- At a time before expected; sooner than usual.
- Soon; in good time; seasonably.
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