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adverb
- Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
- It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant. —Doyle
- So soon.
- Are you quitting already?
- An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
- I wish they'd finish already, so we can get going.
- Enough already! Be quiet already!
Translations: - Dutch: nl(nl, al}}, t+)reeds
- French: déjí (fr)
- German: bereits(de), schon(de)
- Italian: gií (it)
- Spanish: ya(es)
Etymology: ( alredi = al + redi) All + ready.
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