Early
Early adjective - Relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period.
Both words in one sentence
- Early Installment Weirdness: The show's first season was of much lower quality, with very short episodes, and focus generally only given to Virginia and Turk.
Source: Web Video / The Other Side -
On a larger scale, Very Hard mode is this to players of the lower difficulties, because not only do you encounter Demonic Spiders as early as the first level, but unlike the lower difficulties, enemies attack you at the same time instead of taking turns.
Source: Difficulty Spike - The early episodes of Metal Gear Solid The Abridged Snakes are of a noticeably lower quality than the later ones; a fact that gets lampshaded later on, in keeping with the series' No Fourth Wall.
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Lower or Early. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/early/lower.
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