Adjacent Words

Formerly definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOR'MERLY, adv. In time past, either in time immediately preceding, or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. We formerly imported slaves from Africa. Nations formerly made slaves of prisoners taken in war.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once"; [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 1534 1. at an earlier time ; previously 2. obsolete just before

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. in the past; in former times.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Formerly For"mer*ly, adv. In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something happened or was true formerly, it happened or was true in the past. He had formerly been in the Navy. ...east Germany's formerly state-controlled companies. ADV: ADV with cl/group, ADV before v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

ad. Heretofore, anciently, aforetime, of old, in times past, in days of yore, long ago, in past ages.