earliness
nounUK /ˈɜːlinəs/
US /ˈɜːrlinəs/
Earliness is the quality of happening or arriving before the usual time.
The earliness of the spring flowers surprised everyone in the village.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The fact of being ahead of schedule or before the expected time.
The earliness of the train's arrival caught the passengers off guard.
3. The state of occurring at the beginning of a period or season.
The earliness of the harvest meant the farmers had extra time to prepare.
4. The quality of acting or developing sooner than is typical.
Her earliness in learning to read impressed all her teachers.