precociously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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The teens were almost precociously self-aware, which admittedly made us roll our eyes at some of the dialogue on occasion.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
This season, no quarterback has been as precociously stellar—brilliant, really—as Maye, a 23-year-old North Carolinian with a golden arm and a nickname that no one quite understands.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
This precociously mature pianist, still in his teens, played Liszt’s deliriously difficult “Transcendental Études” on the way to becoming the youngest-ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition last year.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023
Her debut victory in December 2008 was a super-G on the Corviglia course as a precociously talented 17-year-old.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2021
Panofsky, who had risen precociously in his two years at Berkeley to the rank of associate professor, detested the very idea of the oath, but signed— “reluctantly,” as he put it later.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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