already
adverb
[ ɔːlˈrɛdi ]
• before or by now or the time in question.
• "Anna has suffered a great deal already"
Similar:
by this/that time,
by now/then,
thus far,
so far,
hitherto,
before,
before now/then,
previously,
earlier,
earlier on,
until now/then,
up to now/then,
heretofore,
as early as this/that,
as soon as this/that,
so soon,
so early,
even now/then,
• used after a word or phrase to express impatience.
• "just stop already, no one feels sorry for you"
Origin:
Middle English: from all (as an adverb) + ready; already (sense 2) is influenced by Yiddish use.
