earlier

(adverb)

earlier in time; previously

All clip examples

• if you'd gotten up earlier, we wouldn't be late. (Night of the Living Dead)
• We did, earlier. (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• That other one earlier I emptied a full clip into him. (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• Well, I took a chance on those earlier airplanes. (Plan 9 from Outer Space)
• His execution will be a day earlier. That's all. (One-Eyed Jacks)
• Well, it's late. If you'd gotten up earlier... (Night of the Living Dead)