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earlyish - being somewhat early; "at an earlyish hour"

early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"

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Some of (those fans) usually go home earlyish, but it seems everybody stayed - and the noise volume was...

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He added: "We lost two earlyish wickets but with the depth in our batting, guys can always keep going throughout the innings."

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Although most of the university students were away for a reading week the town was still busy and we had a pint at The Central before an earlyish night in preparation for our big day at the Old Course.

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Get an earlyish night, the entire Disney experience is exhilarating and full-on.

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However, such a broad perspective does rather need further contextualising with attention to the different attitudes around death and their ideological ramifications (in this case, in the earlyish Third Republic).

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Luckily, though, I have the perfect excuse to get away earlyish. And her name is Betty.

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And the band seem to recognise this, opening up with the 1977 album opener Lose Control, and following it with earlyish single A Life Less Ordinary.