Ear″ly (ẽr″ly̆), adv. [OE. erli, erliche, AS. ǣrlīce; ǣr sooner + līc like. See Ere, and Like.] Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.
Those that me early shall find me. Prov. viii. 17.
You must wake and call me early. Tennyson.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.