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pre·vi·ous·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. previously, antecedentlyadverb

    at an earlier time or formerly

    "she had previously lived in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank"; "better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged"

Wiktionary

  1. previouslyadverb

    At an earlier time.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Previouslyadverb

    Beforehand; antecedently.

    Etymology: from previous.

    Darting their stings, they previously declare
    Design’d revenge, and fierce intent of war. Matthew Prior.

    It cannot be reconciled with perfect sincerity, as previously supposing some neglect of better information. Richard Fiddes.

ChatGPT

  1. previously

    Previously is an adverb which refers to something that happened or existed before the current time or the time being considered. It refers to an earlier event, period or state.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Previouslyadverb

    beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Previously' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1493

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Previously' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2736

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Previously' in Adverbs Frequency: #139

Anagrams for Previously »

  1. viperously

  2. perviously

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Previously in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Previously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Previously in a Sentence

  1. Zac Moffatt:

    They are part of a newer generation of operatives that are comfortable with having previously private discussions happen in public and online, but that's kind of where things are going.

  2. Lisa Murkowski:

    Portman is the fourth Republican to push back on the plan by McConnell( R-Ky.) . Previously, West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sen. Susan Collins signaled they also oppose legislation that would repeal ObamaCare without offering a replacement. As I stated earlier this year, I can not vote to proceed to repeal the ACA [ Affordable Care Act ] without reform that allows people the choice they want, the affordability they need and the quality of care they deserve.

  3. Trey Gowdy:

    There’s a text exchange between these two FBI agents, these two supposed to be objective fact-centric FBI agents, saying that perhaps this is the first meeting of the ‘ secret society,' so of course I ’m going to want to know what secret society you’re talking about because you’re supposed to be investigating objectively the person who just won the Electoral College ; so yeah I ’m going to want to know, he said. MORE THAN 50,000 TEXTS EXCHANGED BETWEEN FBI OFFICIALS STRZOK AND PAGE, SESSIONS SAYS It is n’t the first time the messages have raised questions about what may have been going on at the FBI. In one previously released message, Strzok appeared to make reference to an.

  4. Maya Wang:

    If you look at China's surveillance measures during the coronavirus outbreak, from the development of health codes to installation of surveillance cameras to enforce quarantine, we're seeing an increasingly intrusive use of surveillance technologies that were previously only seen in particularly repressed regions, like Xinjiang, the surveillance measures being implemented during Covid-19, are unfortunately — if not pushed back — going to live with us for a very long time.

  5. De Standaard:

    In its digital attack on Belgacom, the British secret service was able to intercept more communications than was previously realized.

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