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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
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SYLLABICATION:al·read·y
PRONUNCIATION:  ôl-rd
ADVERB:1. By this or a specified time; before: The children were already asleep when we got home. 2. So soon: Are you quitting already? 3. Nonstandard Used as an intensive: Be quiet already. Enough already.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English alredi : al, all; see all + redi, ready; see ready.
 
 
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