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previously
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial previously has 1 sense
- previously(r = adv.all) antecedently - 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
previously, adv.
Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
previously
aforetime, already, at one time, before, before all, before now, beforehand, beforetime, earlier, early, ere, ere then, erenow, erewhile, erst, erstwhile, formerly, heretofore, historically, hitherto, in olden times, in the past, in times past, once, only yesterday, or ever, prehistorically, priorly, recently, some time ago, then, theretofore, whilom, yesterday, yetROGET THESAURUS
previously
Priority
N priority, antecedence, anteriority, precedence, pre-existence, precession, precursor, the past, premises, prior, previous, preceding, precedent, anterior, antecedent, pre- existing, pre-existent, former, foregoing, aforementioned, before- mentioned, abovementioned, aforesaid, said, introductory, before, prior to, earlier, previously, afore, aforehand, beforehand, ere, theretofore, erewhile, ere then, ere now, before then, before now, erewhile, already, yet, beforehand, on the eve of, prior tempore prior jure.
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