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prematurely

/ˌpɹiːməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/

prematurely adverb: in a premature manner; too soon or too early.

Adverb

prematurely (comparative more prematurely, superlative most prematurely)

  1. In a premature manner; too soon or too early.
    • publish an obituary prematurely
    • prematurely rejected

prematurely meaning in Malayalam and Sanskrit

prematurely in Malayalam

too early, too soon, ahead of time
വളരെപെട്ടെന്ന്, തിടുക്കത്തിൽ, വളരെനേരത്തേ, സമയത്തിനുമുമ്പ്, മുമ്പേ, കാലമെത്തുംമുമ്പ്
hastily, rashly, over-hastily
തിടുക്കത്തിൽ, മുൻപിൻനോക്കാതെ, ലക്കും ലഗനുമില്ലാതെ, അതിസാഹസമായി, അതിയായ തിടുക്കത്തിൽ, ബദ്ധപ്പാടോടെ

prematurely in Sanskrit

prematurely; too soon
सामि sāmí

Examples of prematurely in a sentence

  • You'd have noticed if I'd unsummoned her prematurely."
  • What a turn-up for the books: the prettiest boy in the seventies pop stratosphere had prematurely gone to fat.
  • Now I am subjecting myself to a test that might reveal me to be prematurely transforming into mental codger-hood.

All 15 example sentences with prematurely

Synonyms of prematurely

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of prematurely

Forms of prematurely

comparativemore prematurely
superlativemost prematurely

Origin of prematurely

From premature + -ly.

Words formed from prematurely

  • die prematurely

Phrases with prematurely

Questions about prematurely

What does prematurely mean?
Prematurely means in a premature manner; too soon or too early.
What is prematurely in Malayalam?
Prematurely in Malayalam is വളരെപെട്ടെന്ന്, തിടുക്കത്തിൽ, വളരെനേരത്തേ. See Prematurely meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is prematurely?
Prematurely is an adverb.
How do you pronounce prematurely?
Prematurely is pronounced /ˌpɹiːməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/.

Words near prematurely in the dictionary

  1. premature ejaculators
  2. premature optimisation
  3. premature optimisations
  4. premature optimization
  5. premature optimizations
  6. prematurely
  7. prematureness
  8. prematures
  9. prematurities
  10. prematurity
  11. premax

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: prematurely (page history and authors); prematurely (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); सामि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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