noun
- the quality or state of occurring or happening before the expected, usual, or planned time
- the quality or state of being in or belonging to an early period or stage of development
Examples
- The earliness of her arrival surprised everyone at the meeting.
- We appreciated the earliness of spring this year.
- His earliness in adopting new technology gave him a competitive advantage.
- The earliness of the morning made it difficult for the children to wake up.
- Due to the earliness of the deadline, we had to work quickly.
- The earliness of human civilization in that region is still being studied by archaeologists.