Earliest and Old

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Earliest adjective - Coming before all others in time or order.

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Old and earliest are semantically related In some cases you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Earliest".

Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

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Earliest and old are semantically related in bygone topic. Sometimes you can use "Earliest" instead an adjective "Old".

Nearby Words: oldie, olden, oldish

Possibly the earliest example of all: The Legend of Zelda I has an old man who tells you "WALK INTO THE WATERFALL".

Source: Cave Behind the Falls
His earliest memories find him as the pet of 5-year old Marie Alweather (Eisenberg).

Source: Film / Paulie
One of the earliest experiences England had with America as a kid included the boy (who looked like he was at most 6 years old) lifting a buffalloo and spinning it around like it was a ragdoll.

Source: Crouching Moron Hidden Badass / Anime and Manga

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