What's the difference in meaning between early and earlyish?
For most people, there is no definition of early. We can define the current time as being ‘early in the morning’, ‘early in the evening’, ‘too early for a non-work day” and so on. Some awake at three in the morning and start a shift at a restaurant, preparing food for breakfast.
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For most people, there is no definition of early. We can define the current time as being ‘early in the morning’, ‘early in the evening’, ‘too early for a non-work day” and so on.
Some awake at three in the morning and start a shift at a restaurant, preparing food for breakfast. We tend to try and outdo someone else by saying, “You call that early?” To which the first person might say, “