Indicates the beginning part of a period of time (e.g., life, the morning, the year).
Indicates being ahead of schedule for a specific event or purpose.
Used to state that a time or event is early.
Used to suggest that it appears to be early.
Used to express a subjective sense that it is early.
A common intensifier for 'early'.
Indicates a short amount of time before the expected time.
Indicates a small amount of time before the expected time.
A very strong intensifier for 'early'.
Indicates a moderately early time.
Indicates 'early' in comparison to something else or an average.
Indicates that the time was earlier than expected.
Indicates that the time was not typical; it was earlier than normal.
An informal and strong intensifier, often implying that the time is inconveniently early.
An informal, hyperbolic way to say something is extremely and unreasonably early.