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  1. adverb By this or a specified time: The children were already asleep when we got home.
  2. adverb So soon: Are you quitting already?
  3. adverb Informal Used as an intensive: Be quiet already. Enough already.

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  • Also the dead silence perk will help you more invincible than your already are as you would make no noise. —  Hushed Casket Recent Posts
  • This already is a horrible choice to have to make: flee to safety and abandon your family, or head right into a war zone to try and find your family. —  Mole's Progressive Democrat
  • The Fiesta already is a hit in Europe and Asia, where it went on sale last year and earlier this year, respectively. —  Latest News from SYS-CON ITALIA
  • California already is the third highest state for business taxes, according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. —  The Orange County Register - Homepage
  • The idea already has been approved as an EPA WasteWise partner. —  BCBRdaily
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Etymologies (2)

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

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  1. from Middle English alredy: al, adverb, all, quite; redy, ready: see ready.
 

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