earlier, adv.
freq. cnt. 26
freq. cnt. 26
earlier in time; previously
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 86 freq. cnt.: 68 freq. cnt.: 18
before earlier
sample sentences
"I had known her before""as I said before"
"he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"
"her parents had died four years earlier"
"I mentioned that problem earlier"
comparatives of `soon' or `early'
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2
earlier sooner
sample sentences
"Come a little sooner, if you can""came earlier than I expected"
before now
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
earlier in the beginning in the first place originally to begin with