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adv. with the least delay; "the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M."

adj. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"

anterior, prior(a)

adj. earlier in time

preceding(a)

adj. existing or coming before

past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)

adj. of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board"

aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial

adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

ago, agone

adj. gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an archaic word for `ago'"

ancient

adj. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"

bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone

adj. well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"

chivalric, knightly, medieval

adj. characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"

other, early, former

adj. of the distant past: "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"

erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

ex

adj. (combining form) former: "an ex-president"

former(a), late(a), previous(a)

adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House"

historic, historical

adj. belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historical character"

last(a)

adj. immediately past; "last Thursday"; "the last chapter we read"

old

adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

olden

adj. long past; "olden days"

other(a)

adj. recently past; "the other evening"

prehistoric, prehistorical

adj. belonging to or existing in times before recorded history; "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples"

then(a)

adj. at a specific prior time; "the then president"

ultimo, ult

adj. in or of the month preceding the present one; "your letter received on the 29th ult"

last, later, latter

adj. referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case"

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