"pretimely" meaning in English

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        "2": "pre",
        "3": "timely"
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      "expansion": "pre- + timely",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + timely.",
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      "expansion": "pretimely (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1947, Georgia's Health, volume 27, number 12",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Before the due time."
      ],
      "id": "en-pretimely-en-adj-alI8nKSQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "due",
          "due"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Before the due time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pretimely"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pre",
        "3": "timely"
      },
      "expansion": "pre- + timely",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pre- + timely.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "pretimely (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English uncomparable adjectives",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1947, Georgia's Health, volume 27, number 12",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Before the due time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "due",
          "due"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) Before the due time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pretimely"
}