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formerly
Part of Speech: Noun
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1. In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
Examples of usage:
- Formerly Professor James did this, at least in a large number of cases. - "Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research", Michael Sage.
- Just Certainly not so formerly, but with lead. - "The Clouds", Aristophanes.
- Formerly one might see at church what was the cut of a coat half a century ago, now dress was spruce and modern. - "A Short History of English Agriculture", W. H. R. Curtler.