adverbdobhriathar1before a particular timecheana féincmucheanacmuhe was already famousbhí clú agus cáil air cheana féinI've already seen ittá sé feicthe cheana agam, chonaic mé cheana féin é2indicating ongoing situationcheana féincmucheanacmuwe already use themtáimid á n-úsáid cheana féinthere's already a lot of trouble theretá go leor trioblóide ansin cheana féinas you may already know ...mar is eol duit cheana féin, b'fhéidir ...3sooner than expectedcheana féincmucheanacmucalls are already coming intá glaonna ag teacht isteach cheana féinalready most of them had leftbhí formhór acu tar éis imeacht cheana féinI've been paid alreadyíocadh cheana méshe's here alreadytá sí anseo cheana féin4emphasizing bad situationcheana féincmuwe're already latetáimid déanach cheana féinit'll make an already bad situation worsedéanfaidh sé drochscéal níos measait's hard enough already to pay the billstá sé deacair go leor na billí a íoc mar atá