soonest

Those are happiest whose wounds heal soonest,—to whom a life-time grief is unknown.

The dogs learn to which of the flock to communicate orders, at which heels a bark or a bite soonest sets the flock in motion.

Contractors said it couldn't be done; said nine or ten months at the soonest; couldn't see it any other way.

But after much thought he decided he would see Edith soonest by remaining at home, so he spent the summer in Chicago.

Try the freshness of eggs by putting them into cold water; those that sink the soonest are the freshest.