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nonearly

nonearly adjective: not early.

Adjective

nonearly (not comparable)

  1. Not early.
    • First, early readers as a group keep their advantage in reading achievement over nonearly readers of the same mental age.1987, Jo Anne L. Vacca, Richard T. Vacca, Mary K. Gove, Reading and learning to read

Origin of nonearly

From non- + early.

Questions about nonearly

What does nonearly mean?
Nonearly means not early.
What part of speech is nonearly?
Nonearly is an adjective.

Words near nonearly in the dictionary

  1. none the worse
  2. none too soon
  3. none-so-pretties
  4. none-so-pretty
  5. nonea
  6. nonearly
  7. nonearner
  8. nonearners
  9. nonearning
  10. nonearthbound
  11. nonearthed

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