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al·read·y

(ôl-r

) KEY

ADVERB:

By this or a specified time; before: The children were already asleep when we got home.
So soon: Are you quitting already?
Nonstandard Used as an intensive: Be quiet already. Enough already.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English alredi : al, all ; see all + redi, ready ; see ready

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