PRECOCIOUSLY Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

precociously

adverb

as in early

before the usual or expected time precociously turning gray at the age of 30, she decided to color her hair

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Recent Examples of precociously And that is while seeing a player as precociously gifted as Yamal fast-tracked into the senior squad, a European champion and now a world champion who only turned 19 last week. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 July 2026 Students at the Harlem Community Art Center (HCAC)—a vibrant hub for Black creatives like Chicago’s South Side Community Art Center—included the precociously talented teenagers Robert Blackburn and Jacob Lawrence. — John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026 Acutis was precociously savvy with computers before the social media era, reading college-level textbooks on programming and coding as a youngster. — Jessie Wardarski, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025

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That projection is 79% higher than the bank’s estimate from a year earlier.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Tysie Gallagher, Terri Harper and Caroline Dubois beat Americans Brandi Robinson, Miranda Reyes and Amelia Moore, respectively, earlier in the night, while Reina Tellez defeated Jessica Barry for the United States’ only victory.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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