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
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.
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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
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
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By the time Game 6 rolled around, Minnesota was without star Anthony Edwards, sharpshooter Donte DiVincenzo and even Ayo Dosunmu, who had stepped up earlier in the series in the absence of the latter duo.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
2 May 2026
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News of the withdrawal was reported earlier by The New York Times, Reuters and other outlets.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
2 May 2026
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“Precociously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precociously. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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