What does Formerly mean?

Definitions for Formerly
ˈfɔr mər lifor·mer·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erstadverb

    at a previous time

    "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";

Wiktionary

  1. formerlyadverb

    at some time in the past

  2. formerlyadverb

    previously; once

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Formerlyadverb

    In times past.

    Etymology: from former.

    The places mentioned were all of them formerly the cool retirements of the Romans, where they used to hide themselves among the woods and mountains, during the excessive heats of their Summer. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

    As an animal degenerates by diseases, the animal salts, formerly benign, approach towards an alkaline nature. Arbuthnot.

ChatGPT

  1. formerly

    Formerly refers to something that occurred, existed, or was valid in the past, but not anymore; it is used to describe a previous state, position, or condition.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Formerlyadverb

    in time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Formerly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4390

  2. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Formerly' in Adverbs Frequency: #292

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Formerly in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Formerly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Formerly in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Szasz:

    Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.

  2. Mira Rapp-Hooper:

    On one site, it has constructed a significant new area that was formerly under water and at another it has used land reclamation to add acreage to an existing island.

  3. Pavel Laberko:

    Companies that produce meat, fruit and other food have a unique opportunity to grow their operations as imports are restricted by Russia's so-called anti-sanctions, similarly, local producers of oil field equipment have a chance to try to develop their analogues of formerly imported products, now that the sanctions are here to stay for an extended period.

  4. Barack Obama:

    Governor, this is Barack Obama, formerly of Somerville. I've got a few complaints about service in and around the neighborhood, but I've moved down South since that time.

  5. Thomas Hobbes:

    Laughter is nothing else but a sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly.

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