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

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

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

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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