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副詞

1

（＝もはや）already:（前置詞に用いれば）by （this or that time）

用例

• 彼は既に去りぬ
  He is gone already.

• 既に報に接せり
  I have already heard the news.
• そう言うのが既に間違っている
  To say so is already a mistake.
• 今頃は既に、あの時は既に
  by this （time）―by that time
• 彼は今頃は既に目的地に達しているだろう
  He must have got to his journey's end by this.
• その頃は既に彼は隠退の身であった
  By that time, he had retired from active life.
• 正午には万事既に済む
  By noon, all is over.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 行ってみればその人は既に亡し
  I found him dead and gone.

• 既に晩し｛おそし｝
  It is too late.
• 病既に膏肓｛こうこう｝に入っている
  It is all over with the invalid.
• 学者の生活が既に衛生に害が有る
  The very life of a scholar is unsanitary.

2

（＝まさに）（to be） about （to do something）; （to be） on the point of （doing something）; to come near （doing something）

用例

• 既に溺れんとした
  I was on the point of being drowned
  I came near being drowned.

• 既に危かった、既にこうよと見えた
  He was in imminent danger.
• 既に危かりし時（既にこうよと見えた時）救われた
  He was delivered from imminent danger
  He was snatched from the jaws of death
  He was saved at the critical moment.