pretimely

adj

pretimely

adj

Etymology From pre- + timely.

1

Rare Before the due time.

A new light dawns on these elderly women when they hear about the special bed which the public health nurse takes to the home for the “pretimely” baby.1947, Georgia's Health, volume 27, number 12:

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