already
IPA: ɔɫrˈɛdi
adverb
- Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
- So soon.
- (US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
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Examples of "already" in Sentences
- Old wisdom, stuff that is already known, that has already long been known.
- I’ve started revision for the ‘O’s already, and I can do practice papers for the 3 sciences already
- That we already live in a partial fantasy world and base broad sweeping ideas based on lies is *already* causing a massive problem.
- The label already said Multaq shouldn't be given to such patients, especially if they have been recently hospitalized for cardiac reasons.
- "I've bored of it already" (ever so slightly questionable unless in a question with heavy stress on the adverb: "Has (he bored of it _already_?"
- Incompetent he undoubtedly is, as we have already seen, to start with, and _if he were not so already_, he would certainly become so by reason of the trade or rather of the miscellaneous assortment of trades which are thrust upon him.
- In view of the great scarcity of feathered game, and the number of deadly machine guns already on the market, the production of the last and deadliest automatic gun (by the Winchester Arms Company), _already in great demand_, is a crime against wild life, no less.
- However, for companies like GM, that * already have* electric powertrains with the required power and torque (from the EV1 and various fuel cell vehicles) it does make sense to just use what they have on hand, taking advantage of development time and money * already* spent.
- This may be too “niche” for you, but I would also be really interested in hearing your thoughts on eating for people who have *already* weight loss surgery I say already because I think I read somewhere on your blog that you don’t really like the concept of weight loss surgery, specifically Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
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