earlier

Adverb
  1. Earlier in time;
    Previously (synset 400061477)
    "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"
    same as: before
  2. Comparatives of `soon' or `early' (synset 400260528)
    "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected"
    same as: sooner
  3. Before now (synset 400168316)
    "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"
    same as: in the beginning, in the first place, originally, to begin with
Adjective
  1. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than;
    Most early (synset 300818180)
    "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"
    domain usage: comparative, comparative degree - the comparative form of an adjective or adverb
    similar to: early - at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
    same as: earliest

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