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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Already

/ôl-rĕd'-ē/ · Al·read·y · IPA /ɔːlˈɹɛdi/
01 adv. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
  1. 1.
    Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
    “I say unto you, that Elias is come already.” — Matt. xvii. 12.