Directly after
Early and directly after are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Early" instead an adjective phrase "Directly after".
Early
Early adjective - Relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period.
Directly after and early are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directly after" instead an adjective "Early".
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Early-Bird Cameo: Butters makes several throughout the movie, when his first named and voiced debut in the series was in Season 3 (the season produced directly after the film).
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Max in Dark Angel turns down the offer of a gun without explanation, immediately followed by a flashback of her sister Eva getting shot and killed early in Max's childhood (directly after stealing a gun — to make the guns=death message doubly clear).
Source: Doesn't Like Guns - Justified with Balaah (and all demons, for that matter), who doesn't need to eat, sleep, or remove bodily wastes Off Model: A few times, especially early on (although the worst example was directly after the schedule slip), especially when Baalah is in giantess form.
Source: Webcomic / Pawn
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