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Definition of Soon enough
1. Adverb. Without being tardy. "We made it to the party in time"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soon Enough
Literary usage of Soon enough
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"My God, we let the dead slip out of mind soon enough. Would you have us hurry up
our forgetting ? " "Your father is very anxious to keep house, ..."
2. Memoirs of the Life of Mrs. Abigail Waters: Who Died in Boston, November 22d by Joshua Huntington (1817)
"... Constrained by his grace, I sought hTm soon ; but not soon enough. It can
never be too soon." Being asked if she was not fatigued with talking, ..."
3. The Life of Sir Michael Foster, Knt: Sometime One of the Judges of the Court by Michael Dodson, John Disney (1811)
"... I propose to " take a little recess in the country, so that if " you come to
town about the time the house " sits again, it will be soon enough. ..."
4. Lean's Collectanea by Vincent Stuckey Lean, Julia Lucy Woodward (1904)
"soon enough done if well done.—Dr. soon enough if well enough. ... Flo., F. Fr.
It is soon enough if it be well enough.—Becon, i. 64o. Soon in the dyke, ..."
5. The Principles of Agriculture by Albrecht Daniel Thaer (1844)
"... which have been ploughed up in the autumn do not dry soon enough in the spring
to admit of then- being ploughed before the seed is got into the ground. ..."
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