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About とっくに
疾っくに, seen primarily as とっくに, is an adverb that can be translated roughly as 'long ago'. This word is an emphasized version of 疾うに, a literary form which is not used much in modern Japanese.
とっくに is a sentence altering adverb, so will appear most often at the beginning of sentences, or before the verb it is describing as having happened a long time ago.
When compared with structures like すでに and もう, とっくに will either indicate something that has happened much further in the past, or may be used simply for exaggeration.
Fun-fact
It is uncommon to see とっくに listed with an exact time, as the stem (old Japanese) word 疾し already means something close to 'far earlier', or 'at a much earlier time'.
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「バス?疾っくに行っちゃったよ。」
'The bus? It has already left.'
「お前は疾っくに死んでいる。」
'You are already long dead.'
「うちの子は疾っくに歩けるようになった。」
'Our child has already developed the ability to walk!'
「魔王と勇者の栄光時代は疾っくに過ぎた。」
'The golden era of heroes and demon kings has already passed.'
「よく寝るために、暗号通貨から疾っくに撤退した。」
'In order to sleep well, I have already pulled out of cryptocurrency.'
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