a'ready

Scots

Alternative forms

• aaready, awready, alreidy, alriddy

Etymology

From Middle English alredy; equivalent to a'- +‎ ready.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈrɛdɪ/, /ɔː-/, /ə-/
• (Northern Scots) IPA^(key): /aː-/

Adverb

a'ready

1. already

References

• “a'ready, adv.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.