precociously

adverb

as in early
before the usual or expected time precociously turning gray at the age of 30, she decided to color her hair

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Recent Examples of precociously Newcomer Mia Tharia’s Josie is a sickly genius who’s invariably kind to Klara and precociously self-aware in the vein of YA teen heroes everywhere. — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 22 Oct. 2026 And that is while seeing a player as precociously gifted as Yamal fast-tracked into the senior squad, a European champion and now a world champion who only turned 19 last week. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 July 2026 Students at the Harlem Community Art Center (HCAC)—a vibrant hub for Black creatives like Chicago’s South Side Community Art Center—included the precociously talented teenagers Robert Blackburn and Jacob Lawrence. — John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 Acutis was precociously savvy with computers before the social media era, reading college-level textbooks on programming and coding as a youngster. — Jessie Wardarski, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for precociously
early
Adverb
  • Six of the injured are under 18 years old and the youngest is 11 years old, Chief Lawrence Revell of the Tallahassee Police Department said at a press conference early Sunday morning.
    — Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Brandon Miller, he of the $209 million contract extension earlier this week, started very cold and never stopped.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of early

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