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prematurely

prematurely

53 4.1
Happening before the right time
  • adverb
  • /ˌpriːməˈtʃʊrli/
translation icon : prematuramente
  • The index patient was a male twin who was born prematurely at 26 weeks' gestation.
  • be born prematurely
  • terminate prematurely
  • die prematurely

So I would say don't become prematurely cynical about it.

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Examples

  • She gave birth prematurely there and lost her daughter.

  • So I took this off very prematurely, but this is my my early attempt.

  • It's mostly companies that scale prematurely that are here.

  • You were born very prematurely.

  • One, can we really understand the outcomes of the children born prematurely in in great depth?

  • In the 1990s, nine nuclear units retired prematurely in the US; see Table 1.

    Academic text (2000)
  • So I was sent home prematurely after a few days in the hospital in excruciating pain.

  • When a baby is born prematurely, parents may be even less certain of their competence.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Of these, 46,000 deaths occurred prematurely, that is, under age 75.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The project was completed prematurely, leading to issues that needed to be fixed later.

Synonyms

early
vsprematurely
1.0

Before the usual or expected time

implies happening sooner than is appropriate rather than neutral timing
too early
vsprematurely
241 1.0

Before the right time to do something

emphasizes the manner of occurring rather than the specific time

Antonyms

1.0

After the usual or planned time

How Early

prematurely
53 4.1
early
1.0
on time
321 1.0

Surface Forms

prematurely positive

Morphology

prematurely = premature (semi-transparent) = pre + mature + ly

The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'premature' with '-ly', and its meaning is directly 'in a premature way'.

Etymology

Prematurely breaks into pre- meaning 'before' and mature meaning 'ripe' or 'ready'. So to do something prematurely is to do it 'before' it is ready or before the expected time.