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rearly

rearly adverb: early.

Adverb

rearly (comparative more rearly, superlative most rearly)

  1. (obsolete, rare) early
    • Broth: I'll bring it to-morrow. / Daugh: Do, very rearly; I must be abroad else, / To call the maids, and pay the minstrels1613–1614, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, “The Two Noble Kinsmen”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please...

Forms of rearly

comparativemore rearly
superlativemost rearly

Questions about rearly

What does rearly mean?
Rearly means early.
What part of speech is rearly?
Rearly is an adverb.

Words near rearly in the dictionary

  1. rearings
  2. rearise
  3. rearisen
  4. rearises
  5. rearising
  6. rearly
  7. rearm
  8. rearmable
  9. rearmament
  10. rearmaments
  11. rearmed

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