Already vs. Previously — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Already and Previously
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Already
By this or a specified time
The children were already asleep when we got home.
Previously
Existing or occurring before something else in time or order; prior
Children by a previous marriage.
Already
So soon
Are you quitting already?.
Previously
(Informal) Acting, occurring, or done too soon; premature or hasty
"I have been too previous, for which you must blame the natural impatience of a man in love" (Georgette Heyer).
Already
(Informal) Used as an intensive
Be quiet already. Enough already.
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Previously
First; beforehand, in advance.
Already
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
I was surprised that she hadn’t already told me the news.
Much of what he said I knew already.
Previously
(with past-tense constructions) At an earlier time.
The discovery of a previously unknown species had taken place nearly two years previously.
Already
So soon.
Are you quitting already?
Previously
(television) Recapitulating the preceding episodes of a series.
Already
(US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
I wish they'd finish already, so we can get going.
Enough already!
Be quiet already!
Previously
Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
Already
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
I say unto you, that Elias is come already.
Previously
At an earlier time or formerly;
She had previously lived in Chicago
He was previously president of a bank
Better than anything previously proposed
A previously unquestioned attitude
Antecedently arranged
Already
Prior to a specified or implied time;
She has already graduated
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