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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech dřéve, dřieve, from Proto-Slavic *drevľe.
Pronunciation
Adverb
dříve
- comparative degree of brzy (“sooner, earlier”)
- Antonym: později
Adverb
dříve
- formerly
See also
Further reading
- “dříve”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “dříve”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “dříve”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)