precociouslyadv.
/prᵻˈkəʊʃəsli/, U.S. /prəˈkoʊʃəsli/ In a precocious manner; with premature development.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > age > maturity > [adverb] > early maturity
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1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. i. 4 He was one precociously convinced of the necessity of managing mankind by studying their tempers and humouring their weaknesses.
1842 T. Arnold Hist. Rome (1843) III. 269 A child in understanding, but with passions precociously vigorous.
1894 C. O. Whitman Lect. Marine Biol. Lab. Wood's Holl, Summer 1893 109 Eggs that admit of complete orientation at the first or second cleavage,..are commonly supposed to reflect precociously the later organization.
1956 Times 27 Jan. 9/6 Wolfgang [Mozart] burned himself out in this precociously feverish activity.
1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 241 (caption) Aquatic plants: rhizophora, precociously germinated seedling, prop roots, [etc.].
2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 9 July 6/1 Precociously talented as a painter, Eleni determines that a career as an artist..will be the adventure of her life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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