"bright and early" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˌbɹaɪt‿n̩ ˈɜːli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌbɹaɪt‿n̩ ˈɜɹli/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-bright and early.ogg [Australia] Forms: more bright and early [comparative], most bright and early [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)li Etymology: From bright (“in a bright manner: in good spirits; cheerfully, vivaciously”) + and + early. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bright|t=in a bright manner: in good spirits; cheerfully, vivaciously}} bright (“in a bright manner: in good spirits; cheerfully, vivaciously”), {{m|en|and}} and, {{m|en|early}} early Head templates: {{en-adv}} bright and early (comparative more bright and early, superlative most bright and early)
  1. (idiomatic, originally US) (Very) early in the morning. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: at the break of dawn, at the crack of dawn, first thing Related terms: early bird, early riser, early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise, the early bird catches the worm, the early bird gets the worm, get up early, morning person, small hours Translations ((very) early in the morning): voor dag en dauw (Dutch), aikaisin aamulla (Finnish), à l’aube (French), à l’heure du laitier (French), au chant du coq (French), au petit matin (French), aux aurores (French), de bon matin (French), de bonne heure (French), de grand matin (French), in aller Frühe (German), πρωί πρωί (proḯ proḯ) (Greek), 夙に (tsutoni) (alt: つとに) (Japanese), ра́но на́утро (ráno náutro) (Macedonian), изу́трина (izútrina) (Macedonian), białym świtem (Polish), bladym świtem (Polish), cedinho (Portuguese), de mañana (Spanish), tempranito (Spanish), i ottan (Swedish), i arla morgonstund (Swedish), vara uppe med tuppen (english: be up bright and early) (Swedish), ben bore (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bright_and_early-en-adv-yKBvoOOG Categories (other): American English, English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Polish links with redundant wikilinks

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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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          "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
          "word": "in aller Frühe"
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          "roman": "proḯ proḯ",
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "à l’aube"
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "au petit matin"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "aux aurores"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "de bon matin"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "de bonne heure"
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "de grand matin"
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "in aller Frühe"
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "πρωί πρωί"
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      "word": "夙に"
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      "word": "ра́но на́утро"
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
      "word": "bladym świtem"
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(very) early in the morning",
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      "word": "i arla morgonstund"
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