prematurely

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English premature

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English prematurely

From premature + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiːməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/, /ˌpɹɛməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

prematurely (comparative more prematurely, superlative most prematurely)

1. In a premature manner; too soon or too early.

   publish an obituary prematurely

   prematurely rejected

   prematurely sacked

Derived terms

• die prematurely

Translations

in a premature manner

• Catalan: prematurament (ca)
• Finnish: ennenaikaisesti (fi)
• French: prématurément (fr)
• Galician: prematuramente (gl)
• German: voreilig (de), vorschnell (de), vorzeitig (de), zu früh, prämatur (med.)
• Greek: πρόωρα (el) (próora)
• Italian: prematuramente (it)
• Polish: przedwcześnie (pl), awansem
• Portuguese: prematuramente (pt)
• Romanian: prea devreme, în mod prematur, înainte de vreme
• Russian: преждевре́менно (ru) (preždevrémenno)
• Spanish: prematuramente (es)
• Swedish: i förtid (sv)
• Turkish: erken (tr), erkenden (tr)
• Uyghur: بالدۇر (baldur)
• Volapük: tusuniko