Definition of "earliness" [ear•li•ness]

• The condition of being early (noun)

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• "It’s earliness is evident in that it isn’t as developed and is actually rather boring."
• "The earliness is another advantage for plaintiffs, he said."
• "The researchers concluded that their samples were: "an important genetic reservoir of variability for useful characters such as earliness, short stem, high number of fertile tillers [see picture overpage], long spikes, dense spikes, high number of seeds per spike 'weight of kernels per spike, and protein content.""