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precociously

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Etymology

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From precocious +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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precociously (comparative more precociously, superlative most precociously)

  1. In a precocious manner.
    • 2019 April 11, Marcel Theroux, “Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan review – intelligent mischief”, in The Guardian[1]:
      More pertinently for the plot, another marked difference from history is that the United Kingdom of this 1982 is precociously computerised. Instead of having been hounded to death for his homosexuality, the scientist Alan Turing is thriving and lauded.

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