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She was a precocious child who always pointed to logical flaws in her parents' rules.precocious = having intelligence and behavior not usually seen in one so young
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Even these days, if someone asks her what I was like as a kid, she describes me as "alert, but not terribly precocious." (source)precocious = showing special ability or maturity at a young age
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...the most independent, precocious, rebellious teens are hardly likely to be the most susceptible to rational health advice. (source)precocious = behaving in a manner considered more appropriate for someone who is older
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Though he was precocious, though he was verbal to the point of annoyance at times, he was small for his age, more the size of a six- or seven-year-old than a ten-year-old. (source)precocious = showing early development in ability or maturity
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professional educator who takes a special interest in extra-precocious children. (source)precocious = showing early development in ability
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They had been, so it seemed to him, proud and precocious words; with a smile, he remembered them. (source)precocious = advanced for his age
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She spoke as though she were talking to a precocious child. (source)precocious = a child who takes liberties usually afforded to people who are older
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Applicants for the position were given a subscription to The Grave; the snide, sneering precocity of the student body was well represented in its pages—and best represented by the capitals that commanded one's gaze to Owen Meany.† (source)
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The soldiers folded their blankets and jumped down from the boxcar to walk in the sodden fields and breathe the fresh air, as a winter afternoon precociously imitated evening.† (source)
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Unaware of the practical implications of these events on his life, or perhaps regarding them with childish indifference while trusting that the world would take care of him one way or the other, he betrayed a similarly childish reserve and businesslike attentiveness when viewing coffins, which on this third occasion took on nuances of precociousness, both in his emotional reaction and the look of knowledgeable experience on his face—it being unnecessary likewise to describe his natural reaction of being caught up in the frequent tearful outbursts of others.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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I judged, then, that the children of that time were extremely precocious, physically at least, and I found afterwards abundant verification of my opinion. (source)precocious = developed early
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You examine every turn of flesh for precocity, and crow it to the world.† (source)
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But since their talent for music has brought them precociously into public notice, I must beg for your kind and indulgent patronage and—leave to take them back to the swamp.'† (source)
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He grinned at me like I was a precocious child.† (source)
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Paranormal talents are anticipated, but researchers are surprised by 89-58's great breadth of more ordinary genius—which includes the ability to play any piece of piano music after hearing it once—and by his physical precocity, for which no genetic selection has been made.† (source)
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Educated at Durmstrang, a school famous even then for its unfortunate tolerance of the Dark Arts, Grindelwald showed himself quite as precociously brilliant as Dumbledore.† (source)
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