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bright and early

Syllables: bright and ear·lyUK/ˌbɹaɪt‿n̩ ˈɜːli/US/ˌbɹaɪt‿n̩ ˈɜɹli/

bright and early adverb: (Very) early in the morning.

Adverb

bright and early (comparative more bright and early, superlative most bright and early)

  1. (idiomatic) (Very) early in the morning.
    • And this morning, bright and early, the beak parted him from ten quid.1919 May 17, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, “A Damsel in Distress”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 191, number 46, Philadelphia, Pa.: The Curtis Publishing Company...
    • Bright and early on Monday, Elon Musk sent the government a surprising new document. In it, the world's wealthiest man laid out his possible intentions towards Twitter, in which he has amassed a 9.2 percent stake, underlining how drastically his position had changed from a week ago.2022 July 8, Mike Isaac, Kate Conger, “Twitter grapples with an Elon Musk problem”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10...
    Synonyms:
    at the break of dawn, at the crack of dawn, first thing

Synonyms of bright and early

  • at the break of dawn
  • at the crack of dawn
  • first thing

Forms of bright and early

comparativemore bright and early
superlativemost bright and early

Origin of bright and early

From bright (“in a bright manner: in good spirits; cheerfully, vivaciously”) + and + early.

Words that rhyme with bright and early

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Questions about bright and early

What does bright and early mean?
Bright and early means (Very) early in the morning.
What part of speech is bright and early?
Bright and early is an adverb.
How do you pronounce bright and early?
Bright and early is pronounced /ˌbɹaɪt‿n̩ ˈɜːli/ (UK).

Words near bright and early in the dictionary

  1. Brighella
  2. Brighenti
  3. Brighouse
  4. Brighstone
  5. bright
  6. bright and early
  7. bright and morning star
  8. bright as a button
  9. bright as a new button
  10. bright as a new coin
  11. bright as a new dollar

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