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pretimely

pretimely adjective: before the due time.

Adjective

pretimely (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Before the due time.
    • A new light dawns on these elderly women when they hear about the special bed which the public health nurse takes to the home for the “pretimely” baby.1947, Georgia's Health, volume 27, number 12

Origin of pretimely

From pre- + timely.

Questions about pretimely

What does pretimely mean?
Pretimely means before the due time.
What part of speech is pretimely?
Pretimely is an adjective.

Words near pretimely in the dictionary

  1. Pretiglian
  2. pretilachlor
  3. pretilt
  4. pretilts
  5. pretimed
  6. pretimely
  7. pretin
  8. pretinned
  9. pretinning
  10. pretins
  11. pretious

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