Usually means: Relating to the earliest ages.
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  1. primaeval: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. primaeval: Merriam-Webster
  3. primaeval: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
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  7. primaeval: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  11. primaeval: Rhymezone
  12. primaeval: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of primeval [Belonging to the first ages.]

Similar:
primal, primordial, primeval, aboriginal, early, Archean, hominine, prehistorical, antediluvian, azoic, more...

Opposite:
modern, contemporary, current, present-day

Types:
ancient, antiquated, archaic, bygone, obsolete, old-fashioned, outdated, more...

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Similar:
primal, primordial, primeval, aboriginal, early, Archean, hominine, prehistorical, antediluvian, azoic, more...

Opposite:
modern, contemporary, current, present-day

Types:
ancient, antiquated, archaic, bygone, obsolete, old-fashioned, outdated, more...



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