precociously
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7.5
- adverb
- /prɪˈkoʊʃəsli/
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precozmente
- His son Edward—a slender, solemn, and precociously erudite boy, thanks to the finest humanist education his father could provide—stood ready to succeed him.
Examples
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The precociously young country star admitted after drinking up all the margaritas that she'd lied about her age and apparently hadn't spent nearly as much time in that church choir back in Nashville as People magazine said she did.
Fiction book (2000) -
In it, Sharma plays Pi Patel, who, as a child, precociously combines Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam into his own blend of religion.
Blog text (20) -
I was part of a class where the other people at this class were just sort of this amazingly colourful bunch of precociously intellectual characters.
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Sarah Kenyon said that Laurie was a precociously funny child before she was kidnapped.
Fiction book (1992) -
His wife, she heard, was a cellist; his little daughters were precociously, ferociously musical.
Fiction book (1997) -
The self-confidence my teacher awakened in me allowed me to venture boldly and precociously into English literature.
Academic text (1998) -
This is a developmental progression that takes place precociously and at an accelerated rate in gifted children (Morelock, in press) with important implications for the quality of inner experience.
Academic text (1996) -
At just five years old, she could read novels, which showed how precociously intelligent she was.
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His precociously mature insights impressed the adults at the discussion panel.
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The young artist was recognized precociously for her exceptional talent in painting.
Synonyms
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9.9
In a way that is much more than normal
How Early
Surface Forms
Morphology
precociously = precocious (transparent) = precocious + ly
Formation by the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' from the adjective 'precocious' yields a directly derived adverbial meaning.
Etymology
Precociously comes from Latin parts prae- ('before') and coquere ('to cook'), which gave the idea of a fruit or thing that is 'cooked' or 'ripe' early; think of something ready 'before' others. So, to act precociously is to show skill or maturity 'earlier than usual'.