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1. (adv.) formerly
in time past; in an earlier period or age; previously.
2. formerly
Obs. in time just past; just now.
Etymology: (1580–90)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adverb) once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst
at a previous time
"at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";
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1. (adverb) formerly
in the past; = previously
The Tiger Band (formerly known as The Tigers)
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1. (adverb) formerly
in time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore
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Sense: in earlier times
Formerly this large town was a small village.
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 Afrikaans: voorheen |
 Arabic: سابِقا، فيما مَضى |
 Bulgarian: преди |
 Brazilian: antigamente |
 Czech: dříve |
 German: früher |
 Danish: tidligere |
 Greek: παλιότερα, άλλοτε |
 Spanish: antiguamente |
 Estonian: vanasti |
 Farsi: در گذشته |
 Finnish: ennen |
 French: autrefois |
 Hebrew: לְשֶׁעָבַר |
 Hindi: पहले |
 Croatian: prije, nekada |
 Hungarian: azelőtt |
 Indonesian: dulunya |
 Icelandic: forðum, fyrrum |
 Italian: un tempo, in passato |
 Japanese: 昔は |
 Korean: 이전에 |
 Lithuanian: anksčiau |
 Latvian: agrāk; senāk |
 Malay: dulunya |
 Dutch: vroeger |
 Norwegian: før i tida, tidligere |
 Polish: poprzednio |
 Persian: در گذشته |
 Pashto: پخوا، په لر غونى وخت كى، |
 Portuguese: antigamente |
 Romanian: cândva |
 Russian: прежде |
 Slovak: predtým |
 Slovenian: prej |
 Serbian: ranije |
 Swedish: förr, förut |
 Thai: ก่อนหน้านี้ |
 Turkish: eskiden |
 Taiwanese: 從前 |
 Ukrainian: раніше, колись |
 Urdu: ماضی میں |
 Vietnamese: trước đây; thuở xưa |
 Chinese: 从前 |
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