Definitions for formerly
ˈfɔr mər lifor·mer·ly

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst(adverb)

   at a previous time

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. formerly(Adverb)

   at some time in the past

2. formerly(Adverb)

   previously; once

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Formerly(adverb)

   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

How to pronounce formerly?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say formerly in sign language?

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. Jacques Lacan:

   perhaps I am a Lacanian because I formerly did Chinese

2. Endre Balogh:

   The man we call a specialist today was formerly called a man with a one-track mind.

3. Arabic Proverb:

   Riches disclose in a man?s character the bad qualities formerly concealed in his poverty.

4. Mary Wilson Little:

   The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

5. H. L. Mencken:

   Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.

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