Soon (?), adv. [OE. sone, AS. sna; cf. OFries. sn, OS. sana, sano, OHG. sar, Goth. suns.]
1.
In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise.
"
Sooner said than done."
Old Proverb. "As
soon as it might be."
Chaucer.
She finished, and the subtle fiend his lore
Soon learned.
Milton.
2.
Without the usual delay; before any time supposed; early.
How is it that ye are come so soon to-day?
Ex. ii. 18.
3.
Promptly; quickly; easily.
Small lights are soon blown out, huge fires abide.
Shak.
4.
Readily; willingly; -- in this sense used with would, or some other word expressing will.
I would as soon see a river winding through woods or in meadows, as when it is tossed up in so many whimsical figures at Versailles.
Addison.
As soon as, ∨ So soon as, imediately at or after another event. "As soon as he came nigh unto the camp . . . he saw the calf, and the dancing." Ex. xxxii. 19. See So . . . as, under So. -- Soon at, as soon as; or, as soon as the time referred to arrives. [Obs.] "I shall be sent for soon at night." Shak. -- Sooner or later, at some uncertain time in the future; as, he will discover his mistake sooner or later. -- With the soonest, as soon as any; among the earliest; too soon. [Obs.]
Holland.
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Soon, a.
Speedy; quick.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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