Meaning & use
Precociously
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In a way that shows unusually early development of mental or physical abilities.
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The child spoke precociously, using full sentences before her second birthday.
He precociously mastered the violin by age six.
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From the Latin 'praecox', meaning 'ripening early', originally used of plants before being applied to gifted children.
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